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Being Frank

Not seeing things

Monster bash

Landing role of a lifetime can be a very scary thing p4

Is Durango more haunted than most places? p8

A rundown of all the Halloween happenings p11

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Landing the role of a lifetime can be a very scary thing

6 Land Desk

4 La Vida Local

Being Frank

by Doug Gonzalez

8 Top Story

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10 Writers on the Range

Second wind

11 Kill Yr Idols

Has the energy transition finally come to Farmington?

by Jonathan Thompson / Land Desk

12-13 Stuff to Do

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13 Ask Rachel

Not the basement!

14 Free Will Astrology

Think we have more than our share of hauntings? It’s not your imagination

by Jonathan Romeo

15 Classifieds 15 Haiku Movie Review

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On the cover An angler on the Animas River enjoying the last few warm days of fall before the cold sets in./ Photo by Missy Votel

Hallowed sounds Plenty of musical options on Durango’s unofficial favorite holiday

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Tis’ the season

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With three months to go, 2023 is already shaping up to be quite the doozy, with a seemingly endless barrage of crazy news every day. While this may not be the healthiest thing for our collective society and mental health, it at least provides some pretty solid Halloween costume ideas.

Remember that spy balloon the U.S. shot down back in February? Well, nothing says horror better than one of the most powerful countries in the world sending outdated technology to spy on us. And hey, perhaps the costume could double as a submissive for all you multi-day partiers.

Also, can you believe it was only in March that ChatGBT launched, quickly becoming part of our lexicon and saving us hours in writing emails we don’t want to write? We’re not sure how to pull off a ChatGBT costume, but you could always dress up as those creepy humanoid prototypes in Will Smith’s “I, Robot” and call it good. (Too soon for Jada jokes?)

Or hey, Beetlejuice trended this year. So there’s always that.

Turns out, however, none of our brilliant ideas topped NPR’s most popular costume list for 2023.

According to NPR, people are dropping more money than ever on Halloween, a record $12.2 billion, which is about $2 billion more than in 2022. I thought we were all, you know, struggling with inflation and stuff?

As for the most popular costumes, of course you have your go-tos. NPR (citing National Retail Federation stats) said 5.8 million people are planning to dress as a witch and 2.4 million plan to dress like a vampire.

New onto the scene – which comes as no surprise – this Halloween is poised to be the Year of the Barbie. And not just classic Barbie. We’re talking Western Barbie, Skating Barbie, Britney Spears Dancing with Knives Barbie. Hey, we had to sneak one in there.

In all, NPR estimated 1.8 million people plan to dress as Barbie.

But it’s not all Barbie-apocalypse. Wednesday and the Addams Family, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are other favorites.

This year, Spirit Halloween added a hippiethemed section (which means you can double up on a Halloween costume AND your garb for this winter’s “Peace, Love and Snowdown.”)

For children, expect a lot of Spiderman and something called Bluey. We had to Google that last one, and upon realizing what it was, quickly exited out of the tab so it wouldn’t mess up our algorithm.

As for pets, NPR reported the top three costumes for pets are pumpkins, hot dogs and bats. Pet costume spending has gone up by $200 million during the pandemic.

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LaVidaLocal Don’t dream it, be it It’s happening. This year, I get to perform in one of my dream roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show.” I first saw “Rocky Horror” in 2009 as a production that was done by my college’s theatre department. It was hard to follow at first, and I didn’t understand why some audience members kept yelling at the actors. Little did I know that these remarks, called callouts, are one of many aspects that make this show so fun to see live.

By the end of the show, I was hooked. Perhaps it was all the rock music and glamor? Or maybe it was the shirtless muscular man in tight gold pants? When I watched the movie a week later, I wasn’t as big a fan of it as the live performance. Although it was fun and campy, it was missing the communal aspect of watching a live show. Perhaps the most important aspect of art is allowing yourself to suspend your belief of reality not by yourself, but with others.

“The Rocky Horror Show” premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973. Written by Richard O’Brien, it is inspired by B-movies, and horror and science fiction films from the first half of the 20th century. O’Brien, who would go on to play Riff Raff in the film, wrote most of “Rocky Horror” when he was out of work and needed to occupy himself.

“Rocky Horror” was a success when it first arrived as a play in the U.K. A reviewer from the Guardian wrote in June 1973 that, “(‘Rocky Horror’) won me over entirely because it achieves the rare feat of being witty and erotic at the same time.” The success of the show led to it becoming a movie, although it wasn’t deemed nearly as successful as the play. But in time, the movie would achieve cult status when it became a regular late-night showing at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles.

Although I’ve imagined taking this role for years, I have found myself feeling “silly” throughout the process. Silly in the fact that it can feel absurd to put so much energy into something that asks all people in the building – actors and audiences – to make believe together for two hours in a dark room. When I prepared for my audition, I felt silly recording myself and looking for the bits of body language that suggested I was nervous or not sure what came next. When I started rehearsals, I felt silly doing new numbers, feeling like my feet weren’t keeping up with the rest of my body. Now that it is the eve of the show opening, I feel scared that I will not be able to shake this silly feeling. And what if people start believing I’m as silly as I currently feel?

However, is “make believe” crucial to life? Does allowing ourselves to be something we’re not, in front of people who know we’re not those things, help us find larger truths about ourselves? Or give us hope? Leading up to Frank, I have been able to participate in drag shows both locally and out of town for the past two years. What I found by doing drag is that I have a lot more courage in me than I once realized. I have used this courage as a source of power that allows me to push through when I feel silly as Frank, or even as Doug.

Perhaps I’m most scared of this silliness because it reminds me of my time as a child. A time when playing make believe allowed me to travel to faraway lands and to be people I could never have the circumstances to be. And like childhood, this moment is fleeting. Perhaps, if I accept the silliness, it gives way for gratitude. Gratitude that, out of all the silly things I could be doing, I get to perform this role with you here and now.

“Rocky Horror Show” is playing at the Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave., starting on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at durangoarts.org.

– Doug Gonzalez

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SignoftheDownfall:

More than 2,000 people showing up to attend Sepp Kuss’ homecoming in Durango after winning the Vuelta a España in September.

Gun violence rearing its ugly head locally, with two separate shooting incidents reported in Durango in the past few days.

United Airlines announcing it will board window seats before middle and aisle passengers to reduce the time planes spend on the ground. Sounds like Larry David put a bug in someone’s ear.

The outbreak of several fires in the area, mostly around Pagosa Springs, as we wait out this dry and unseasonably warm October.

The White House set to unveil sweeping artificial intelligence regulations next week. You mean, we’re being proactive about an emerging technology that will ultimately transform our world? That’s a new feeling.

As of this writing, Republicans quickly approaching the one-month mark of not being able to choose a speaker of the House. Hey, they could always go with Trump’s (no joke) suggestion: “Jesus Christ.”

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Spouse Hunters You know those HGTV reality shows where couples who don’t make much money somehow end up with large budgets to renovate their homes?

Well, David Tronnes (yes, from Florida) loves those shows, so he spent a ton of time trying to get on one called “Zombie House Renovations” back in 2018. But his wife Shanti, who was nearly 20 years younger, didn’t want to go on the show, so David did the most Florida thing he could think of and strangled her to death. He was sentenced to life last week. However, David hasn’t given up on his HGTV dreams because he heard that in prison, they play “Flip or Flop” nightly.

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LandDesk

Turning a corner Has the energy transition finally come to Farmington?

by Jonathan Thompson

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n a sunny October day, dozens of officials gathered in the high desert of northwestern New Mexico to celebrate the groundbreaking of the San Juan solar-plus-storage project, a utility-scale photovoltaic array.

The first phase of the solar plant, expected to go online next year, will have a generating capacity of 200 megawatts along with a 100-megawatt battery installation. Future phases will double the capacity, enabling the facility to provide electricity to tens of thousands of homes. That’s no small power potatoes and represents a big step toward replacing the generation lost when the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station – its smokestacks looming in the background of the ceremony – shut down last year.

But just as importantly, this project is a sign that the energy transition is taking place, if hesitantly, in a place steeped in fossil fuels. Geology both blessed and cursed the San Juan Basin with an abundance of readily extractable coal, oil and methane – aka natural gas. This has spawned more than a century of booms and busts that has shaped the landscapes, economies, cultures and very identities of the communities of the 10,000-square-mile dinner plate-shaped region that straddles the state line.

Scattered among the juniper and piñon forests and cottonwood-studded river bottoms in San Juan County, N.M., are tens of thousands of oil and gas wells sucking up the remains of fossilized organisms that plied a shallow inland sea 75 million years ago. Today, draglines scrape away earth to get at a thick bed of low-sulfur coal, the carboniferous leftovers of fecund and sultry shoreline swamps. This is then burned in the massive power plants’ boilers, sending the carbon back into the atmosphere and the sulfur dioxide, mercury, arsenic and other pollutants into the lungs of nearby residents.

The San Juan Basin is one of the only places on the planet where a 26-kiloton nuclear device (double that of Little Boy, which obliterated Hiroshima) was detonated underground to free up natural gas from the rock – a nuke-frack job, if you will. It’s a place where landscape and infrastructure have become indistinguishable. A place where billions of dollars’ worth of hydrocarbons are sucked from the earth, the money – like the oil and gas – mostly flowing out into corporate coffers and shareholders’ pockets. Yet enough of the

A Virgen de Guadalupe icon with a natural gas plant’s distillation columns and workers in the background.

St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bloomfield./ Photo by Jonathan P. Thompson cash sticks around to pay decent wages for the arduous and dangerous work in the oil fields and coal mines, to fund schools and public employees’ salaries, and to give rise to a city of chain restaurants, big box stores and car dealerships.

This infusion of cash effectively puts the government – and therefore the community as a whole – into the fossil fuel business. More than a degree or two of separation from the energy industry is quite rare. The upside to such an economy is that its communities get to share in the profits. The downside is that everyone, from the toolpusher to the symphony-goer, is dependent on a volatile global market and polluting industries that can hurt quality of life as well as other sectors of the economy, such as tourism. And any efforts to rein in or regulate industry, or even try to add to the three-legged economic stool, are interpreted as attacks on schools, local governments and, really, the people who live here.

Nevertheless, since the 1980s, folks here have been trying to diversify the economy, supplementing it with tourism, agriculture, small industry and the hard-to-define amenities economy – something to ease the whiplash from riding the volatile commodities waves. Mostly they’ve failed. But over the past several years, the efforts took on new urgency. The natural gas industry – once the region’s cash cow – has been in a slump since 2009. Then, in 2017, Public Service Co. of New Mexico announced it would close the San Juan plant in 2022, spreading panic throughout the community.

The plant and adjoining mine together employ more than 400 people and paid $3.5 million annually in property taxes. These went to fund the 3,000square-mile Central Consolidated School District, which reaches deep into the Navajo Nation, according to a 2019 study by O’Donnell Economics and Strategy, and nearly $2 million to the community college. The

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mine spent millions more each year at local businesses, from shoe stores to porta-potty rentals and catering.

Soon after the closure announcement, environmentalists and lawmakers went to work on easing the financial pain and funding efforts to diversify the economy.

The result was the Energy Transition Act of 2019, which allowed PNM to take out bonds to pay for decommissioning the facility, support and train displaced workers, and fund projects to help transition the local economy. The law also required PNM to replace some of the lost generation with projects in the region.

The legislation wasn’t perfect: PNM ratepayers would pay for the bonds, not the corporate shareholders who had profited off the power plants and pollution for years. Still, it was a win for the environment and community. At the same time, the City of Farmington was embarking on a parallel diversification effort, branded as the “Jolt Your Journey” campaign. They expanded biking and hiking trails, added rafting put-ins at the river, and even did a “Complete Streets” makeover downtown, making it more amenable to human beings rather than cars.

It seemed, for a moment, as if Methane town was actually going to kick the fossil fuel habit and move into the future.

But there was a big hitch. Farmington’s elected officials are, more likely than not, prone to a petro-ideology that overcomes pragmatism. These folks tend to see the energy transition as a war, a battle between the good, working folk of Farmington and the outsider, Tesla-driving, liberal environmentalists. They see economic diversification as a weapon wielded by the left.

In fact, the transition is driven by a combination of factors, environmental regulations only one of them, and the push to diversify the economy is a response to the decline of fossil fuels more than a cause. Republican politicians from the Farmington area tried to kill

the Energy Transition Act, even though it was a response to the coal plant closure, not the impetus. Nate Duckett, the Farmington mayor, also falsely blamed the act for nixing the effort to keep the coal plant running.

These petro-ideologues then threw obstacles in the way of energy-transition progress. The Farmington municipal utility, for example, spent nearly four years and more than $2 million in a failed bid to keep the San Juan Generating Station running with dubious carbon capture technology. The utility discouraged residents’ adoption of rooftop solar by tacking extra fees onto solar panels.

Thing is, the wheels of progress were set in motion a long time ago and are gaining momentum. The state has distributed hundreds of checks to displaced workers. The Indian Affairs Department disbursed $1.8 million in Energy Transition Act funds to local projects, including the Shiprock Traditional Farmers Co-op, a Diné food sovereignty project and a sustainable farming initiative. And just last week, four new projects were selected to receive $6 million, including a couple involving hydrogen-fuel production, a pumped hydropower energy storage facility and coal-ash recycling.

More significantly, perhaps, the power plant has been shuttered for over a year, and the economy has not collapsed, as many predicted it would. In fact, it seems to be chugging along just fine. Data from the New Mexico Economic Development Department shows San Juan County’s taxable gross receipts staying about level year-over-year during the last quarter of fiscal 2023. Nothing remarkable there, except that the mining and oil and gas extraction sector saw a 54% decline during that same period. It was offset by huge jumps in construction, educational services, manufacturing and even utilities.

The drop in mining and drilling was so big that it demoted the sector from

A defunct refinery near the Lee Acres Superfund site, in Farmington. Despite closure of the nearby San Juan Generating Station and mine, job numbers are actually up in the formerly fossil-fuelcentric city./ Photo by Jonathan Thompson the county’s second largest, receipt-wise, to number seven.

The job numbers are looking up across the board, too, with a 5.2% yearover-year (for Q3) jump in average employment and a 9.6% increase for weekly wages. In this case, mining and drilling posted a 10.8% increase in job numbers, despite the coal mine shutdown. That’s probably because natural gas prices have been high, sparking more drilling – and therefore more jobs – in the methane-rich San Juan Basin.

The data does reveal one of the obstacles a true and comprehensive energy transition must overcome: mining and drilling pay better than just about anything else in the region. The extractive sector’s average weekly wage is $2,037, or $106,000/year. Compare that to educational services ($916/week), health care ($1,106/week), or arts, entertainment and recreation ($673/week). It’s no wonder some folks are resisting the outdoor recreation push.

“Energy is the key,” Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett said on his podcast

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late last year. “When we’re talking about retraining a workforce: What are you going to retrain them to do that allows them to make the kind of money they’re making right now in the coal mine? It doesn’t exist.”

Well, those jobs do exist, just maybe not in Farmington – at least not yet. It’s another challenge of the larger cleanenergy transition. The new clean-energy jobs are often located far away from where the fossil fuel jobs are vanishing.

Maybe Farmington will buck that trend. The construction phase of the San Juan Solar plant will create dozens of well-paying jobs, and two other largescale installations are in the permitting phase. At least one local oil and gas drilling company has largely switched over to plugging and reclaiming old wells, and a half-dozen methane-emission mitigation firms have sprouted in the area – proof that the energy extraction industry can also give back and heal the land, while building a new economy.

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TopStory

Not just seeing things It’s not only Wild West history that makes Durango such a haunted town

by Jonathan Romeo

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hile much attention has been given to the influx of newcomers in Durango and their impact on the town, there’s another, lessdiscussed population that has silently coexisted for decades, dwelling rent-free, causing unease and occasionally instilling fear in the hearts of townsfolk.

Yep – ghosts.

“I’m just shocked by the amount of paranormal activity people experience on a daily basis downtown,” Laine Johnson, who founded Horsefly History Tours (which provides ghost tours), said. “We may have more ghosts downtown than most places; that’s my sense.”

Durango’s enduring reputation as a paranormal hotspot is no surprise, given its Wild West past marked by gunfights, murders and gritty living. However, even in modern times, Johnson continues to hear a multitude of unexplained tales from downtown workers.

“It just goes on and on,” she said “Stuff happens all the time.”

Of course, the incident that usually gets the most attention is the 1906 shootout outside the building that’s now El Moro, when La Plata County Sheriff William J. Thompson died after exchanging gunfire with Durango Marshall Jessie C. Stansel.

As the story goes, in that altercation, Thompson confronted Stansel, accusing Durango Police of not doing enough to stop gambling, which was banned at the time. Unfortunately, Thompson was allegedly inebriated and not particularly polite in his choice of words, prompting the sober Stansel to leave El Moro.

Outside, Thompson unleashed gunfire upon Stansel, resulting in Thompson’s own fatal injuries. Since that fateful incident, peculiar occurrences have continued to haunt El Moro, according to Kris Oyler, CEO and cofounder of Peak Food & Beverage, the company that owns the establishment.

“Every now and then, something falls off a shelf and breaks, or the mason jar lights hanging from the ceiling will start pulsing, or we’ll hear creaking and moaning,” Oyler said. “Some really weird

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The Starlight Lounge is one of many downtown buildings with supernatural sightings./ Photo by Missy Votel things happen that we can’t put a finger on. Some people say it’s the heartbeat of the sheriff.”

But Johnson also enjoys leading her eerie tours to some less-visited locations.

In the retelling of that shootout, for instance, a little-known fact is that the sheriff is actually thought to have lost consciousness or even died in the doorway of what is now the Starlight Lounge (a barber shop at the time).

Rick Carney, owner of Starlight Lounge, said that for years, he has had

employees tell him the building is haunted. Although not necessarily a believer in ghosts himself, Carney acknowledges that unexplained occurrences have taken place within the building during late-night hours.

Like that one night, while he was in the basement finishing up work, when he heard footsteps upstairs at the bar – even though he had locked the doors and found no one when he looked around.

“I checked every little possible place in that bar, and there was no one in that

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building; I’m positive of that,” he said.

“Then I go downstairs again, and I hear something walking around. You know when someone walks up there, nothing else makes those sounds.”

Raven Steele, who worked on and off at the Starlight for about five years, has his share of unforgettable stories. One night, he saw a man who looked to be in his 50s walk through the bar and downstairs to the basement. When he went to check, no one was there.

“There’s just a general feeling of not

being alone when I know I’m alone,” he said. “But I believe in the supernatural, and that matter and energy can’t be created or destroyed; it just transforms.”

While it’s true Durango does have a complicated past, it may not entirely explain why there’s such high paranormal activity here, especially downtown, Johnson said.

Yes, downtown Durango in the late 1800s and early 1900s wasn’t the most wholesome place. The abundance of saloons led to heavy drinking, fights, gambling, shootouts, opium dens – you know, everything you find in a John Wayne movie – especially in the 900 block.

“That was the notorious side of the street,” said local historian Charles DiFerdinando. “Maybe that block is just cursed.”

And, at the time, the bars on the west side of the street spilled out into the red light district near the railroad tracks. If you’re wondering, “What’s a red light district?” you’re probably too young to be reading this story. Or need to go back to school.

“Of course, there was really intense tragedy that happened here in the early years – the fragility of life, desperation, loneliness, fear,” Johnson said. “Those emotions can settle into a place.”

And therein lies Johnson’s personal

take on why Durango has such high paranormal activity – a term called Stone Tape Theory, which is a belief that some ghostly encounters happen because emotional or traumatic events leave imprints in materials like stones or buildings. (The concept was popularized in the 1970s and is associated with British writer and paranormal researcher Colin Wilson.)

This imprint, the theory goes, is thought to be stored in the structure of the building or the natural materials in the area, like rocks or soil. And, those impressions might replay like a recording when specific conditions are met, causing people to witness ghostly apparitions.

Johnson said many of the basements downtown have exposure to quartz, magnetite and limestone, which are considered strong conductors of that energy.

Which is why, she said, so many basements and tunnels are haunted.

“Perhaps the geology is retaining that energy,” she said.

Such an example is at the newly opened art space/bar, The Subterrain, in the basement below the old Irish Embassy (which used to be a mortuary).

There, ghosts have been moving around the pieces on a chess board. When the owners checked security cameras, the

video blurs right as the pieces move, coowner Tim Hassemer said.

In another instance, at a certain theater in town (that Johnson said prefers not to have its name publicized), a ghost allegedly threw a trash can across the room at a manager, denting the wall. At the same theater, Johnson said, multiple people have reported a woman in a beautiful Victorian dress in the women’s bathroom.

Or take May Palace, a location that Johnson emphatically claims ranks among the most haunted buildings in town. Within its walls, figures known as “shadowmen” have been reported, described as dark, humanoid shapes. Also, Johnson mentioned a resident’s startling account of waking up to find their bed mysteriously levitating while living in an apartment above the restaurant.

But, according to Johnson, the most compelling stories are the ones shared by unrelated individuals who, over the years, report identical experiences in the same building.

Take, for instance, the employees at now-closed Thru The Lens Photography, which specialized in old-fashioned photos, located on Main Avenue’s 600 block.

Johnson recounted how two separate employees claimed they had left the front desk, only to return and discover a pearl

necklace mysteriously resting there.

Or, the multiple female Realtors at Keller Williams in the 700 block that have reported working alone, late at night, when a man’s voice screams “Get out!” and continues to berate them until they leave the building.

Having repeat instances, Johnson said, allows you to start trying to uncover the mystery of a haunting. For example, Durango’s only legal, public hanging happened right outside the Keller Williams building – a man who killed a ranch hand after a dispute over a woman.

“So maybe that’s why they have a malevolent spirit, specifically targeting females,” she said.

Which begs the question – can a ghost be #metoo’d?

Johnson started offering ghost tours in fall 2017. Ever since, the tales continue to pour in. (Also to note, it doesn’t just have to be Wild West ghosts, she said. The downtown area has witnessed its fair share of tragedies over recent years, potentially leaving lingering modern spirits as well.)

“I just love the mystery of it all,” she said. “And whenever I meet someone, I ask three things: ‘Do you work downtown? Is the building haunted? And if so, can I see the basement?’” ■

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Home on the range Creative builders get rural housing done

by Dave Marston

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ere’s a statistic to be unhappy about: Colorado and Utah have the fifth- and sixth-most expensive housing markets in the country, according to Bankrate.com.

But here’s the good news: two rural housing champions in those states have found creative ways to build affordable housing.

Moab, Utah, draws at least 5 million tourists annually for mountain biking, rafting, four-wheeling and visiting two nearby national parks. But the town’s real estate has long been pricey, and back in 2004, a Moab loan officer named Emily Niehaus realized that the only affordable housing in her hometown was mostly older trailer homes.

She also knew that national loan programs such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac excluded loans for trailers built before 1976.

Harnessing both frustration and ingenuity, she founded a nonprofit, Community Rebuilds, to tap into USDA’s Section 502 Direct Loan Program. It pegs monthly payments for housing to residents’ income. To cut costs she looked for “dirt cheap materials,” coming up with strawbale construction that mixes dirt and straw.

Today, 72 new houses – and counting – have gone up. Niehaus, who also served as mayor of Moab, said that she liked getting things done fast, learning along the way.

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operating money and no workforce.

Then she met 20-something Noah Aptekar, who was “couch-surfing” his way home from a cross-country bike trip.

Niehaus said she made him a deal: “For every student you’re able to recruit to build strawbale houses, I’ll give you a hundred dollars. I need eight to start.”

Aptekar, who now works for SpaceX, delivered six women and two men.

Niehaus quickly points out that Moab is known as “a cool place” to hang out. Offering young people a place to sleep, a stipend for food and an education in handmade housing won’t work everywhere in the West, but in Moab it was magic.

When Community Rebuilds sells a home to qualified residents, the cost is about $220,000, though the houses are worth $500,000 on the open market. To block flipping, the $280,000 in equity is transferred to the owners over a period of 20 years.

Niehaus said that USDA’s Direct Loan Program for rural areas restricts buyers to those who make 80% of an area’s median income. Typically, that’s $37,000 for a household of two.

There’s a long waiting list for houses, but Niehaus, who has been succeeded as boss by Rikki Epperson, said applicants usually spend those years cleaning up their credit to qualify for a mortgage.

Niehaus added that financial counseling is a key component to spurring home ownership.

Over in the western Colorado town of Montrose, Carlton Mason has also de-

Community Rebuilds houses in Moab, Utah./ Photo by Emily Niehaus veloped a novel way to build houses for the rural unhoused. The ex-builder constructs communities for young adults aging out of foster care, and recently he included senior citizens needing housing as well.

He got into housing because of his job as director of CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, for the 7th Judicial District in western Colorado, covering six counties.

Mason said he found that 18-year-olds newly on their own needed lots of help.

But what they especially needed was somewhere to live. His first project, called 1st Place on 2nd Street, was completed in 2018 by tapping into state, federal and foundation grants, providing housing in Montrose for up to 12 residents.

The suicide of one of those residents shook Mason. In response, he beefed up residential support: “Residents needed to build relationships with trusted adults who could also give advice about saving money and staying employed or in school. They needed to know adults ac-

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tually cared about them.

“We’ve thrown money at housing for decades,” he added, “and often we end up with blighted communities. Providing adequate and safe housing is just the first step in helping the most disadvantaged people.”

Both Mason and Niehaus agree that their method of harnessing a variety of funding isn’t for everyone.

“I’ve been asked to advise other communities on how to build houses for middle-income residents,” Niehaus said.

“But I only know how to build houses for low-income residents using volunteer labor and USDA funding.”

As for Mason, who’s on a roll to build more housing on non-agricultural land, he said, “I’ve had to learn as I went, but as support got bigger, I saw we can get things done I never thought possible.”

Dave Marston is the publisher of Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring conversation about Western issues. He lives in Durango. ■

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Sihasin plays Nov. 1 at Fort Lewis College’s Vallecito Room./ Courtesy photo

Sticking around for Halloween?

Happenings abound for Durango’s unofficial favorite holiday

by Jon E. Lynch

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know many folks take off from our fair burg on Halloween for other locales – larger metropolitan areas or even smaller, more rural ones. I will say that larger cities tend to have more offerings, but there are always options here in Durango.

The Animas City Theatre is hosting a handful of events leading up to All Hallows’ Eve, including not one but two nights of Stillhouse Junkies on Fri., Oct. 27 (with openers Golden Shoals) and Sat., Oct. 28 (with Never Come Down). You can catch Long Beach Dub Allstars and Passafire on Sun., Oct. 29, and on Halloween, local favorites Liver Down the River and River Spell will likely be a sellout affair.

Last weekend, I visited Durango’s newest events space, The Subterrain, located at 900 Main Ave., Suite F, which was hosting a mask-making event in advance of the holiday. I spoke briefly to the two partners (Megan Riddle and Tim Hassemer) about what they had in mind for the space, in what was formerly the Irish

Embassy Underground and is connected, physically, to the Durango Winery. A small stage was erected in the northeast corner of the space for bands, DJs or fillin-the-blank, and the room was freshly painted for the upcoming Monsters Ball Dance Party on Sat., Oct. 28, with DJ Panacea, a 21+ event.

All in all, the venue can hold roughly 100 attendees, which is promising. It’s hard to undertake a new events space, and I wish them the best of luck. It does seem that the space is open to suggestion and ideas – those inquiries can be sent to their general contact submission form via their website, thesubterraindurango.com.

In that same vein, next door, the Durango Winery will host live Irish music on Sat., Nov. 4, with Tom Ward’s Downfall and Patrick Crossing, with special guests TBD. The day after the big festivities offers options as well, with Sihasin playing the Vallecito Room at Fort Lewis College at 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 1. The show kicks off Native American Heritage Month, of which KDUR is a sponsor. Sihasin is a Diné band consisting of brother and

sister duo Clayson and Jeneda Benally, formerly of Native American punk group Blackfire. In my opinion, a show not to be missed.

Also, a quick thanks to all who attended Punk Rock Breakfast at Anarchy Brewing on Sun., Oct. 15. It seemed like a solid turnout to support the local youth nonprofit, The Hive. As I’ve said, we need more spaces for kids, art, music, skateboarding and all the intersections therein. With that in mind, keep your eyes peeled for more happenings at the SPACE Pop-Up, via the newly formed Rodeo Odyssey, in the former Basin Printing Building at 1437 E. 2nd Ave. You can find out more info at rodeoodyssey.com.

There are goings-on in our little mountain town – and if there is something you see missing, make it happen.

As a matter of fact, feel free to send any of those things that are missing my way at the email address below. Along with questions, comments and gripes. Especially the gripes. ■ Jon E. Lynch is the program director at KDUR. kdur_pd@fortlewis.edu

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Devo Halloween Bike Parade and Party, 46:30 p.m., Rec Center to Powerhouse.

“Sine Language” exhibit by Christine Cassano, opening reception, 4:30-6 p.m., Lyceum, Center for Southwest Studies. Runs until Dec. 6.

Green Drinks, 5-7 p.m., 11th St. Station.

Free Range Buddhas play, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard Ave. Thursday Night Sitting Group, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave, Suite 109.

Cult Movie Night, doors at 6 p.m., movie at 7 p.m., Mancos Opera House. (By regulation, the movie name can’t be released, but prepare to “have your body snatched.”)

Deadline for “Stuff to Do” submissions is Monday at noon. To submit an item, email: calendar@durangotelegraph.com

Author Event & Book Signing: Cynthia Sylvester, 6 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.

20Moons presents “Dances in Real Time, 7 p.m., The Light Box at Stillwater Music, 1316 Main Ave. FLC Performing Arts performs “Folksongs, Lullabies and Dreams,” 7 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.

Lizardhead Quartet plays, 7-10 p.m., 11th St. Station.

Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m., 1328 CR 501, Bayfield.

Durango Farmers Market, 9 a.m., TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St. Three Springs Fall Festival, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Three Springs Plaza.

Bluegrass Jam, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice, 3000 Main Ave.

Know Your End of Life Options, 2-4 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Trivia and Riddle Scavenger Hunt, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Buckley Park. Featuring games, music, performances, riddles, trivia and potluck.

Free Friday Yoga, 8:30 a.m., Lively (a boutique), 809 Main Ave. Open Meditation, 12 noon-1 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave, Suite 109.

Halloween Costume Party, live music by Shadowtrapp and The Concerns, 8:30 p.m.-12 midnight, American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.

Silent Disco, 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m., 11th St. Station.

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Live music, 12 noon-3 p.m., 11 St. Station.

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Stillhouse Junkies and Never Come Down play, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre.

EDM Party, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Roxy’s, 693 Main Ave. Stillhouse Junkies and Golden Shoals play, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre.

Grant Livingston and Ben Maillaro play, 6-9 p.m., 11th St. Station.

Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1330 Camino del Rio.

John McEuen & the Circle Band play, 7:30 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.

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Halloween Magic Show with Mysto, showings at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave. Monsters Ball Dance Party, live music by DJ Panacea, 6-10 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave., Suite F (entrance on 9th St.).

Durango Flea Market, 8 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Andrew Schuhmann plays, 12 noon-3 p.m., 11th St. Station.

Vinyl Sundaze, 12 noon, Lola’s, 725 E. 2nd Ave. Pokemon Spooktacular, free Halloween party for all ages, noon - 4 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center.

Live music, 12:30 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice, 3000 Main Ave. Feed the People! free aid, 2 p.m., Buckley Park.

San Juan Symphony’s Chamber Singers, 3 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.

Trunk or Treat, 5 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave. Sunday Funday, 6 p.m., Starlight, 937 Main Ave.

Halloween Brew Party, 6 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice, 3000 Main Ave.

Papier Mache Mask Decorating Party, 4-7 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave., Suite F (entrance on 9th St.).

The Rocky Horror Show, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Long Beach Dub Allstars and Passafire play, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre.

Larry Carver and Jack Ellis play, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Karaoke, 6 p.m., Durango Beer and Ice, 3000 Main Ave.

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Nightmare on Elk Street Haunted House, 6 p.m., Durango Elks Lodge, 901 E. 2nd Ave.

Community Yoga, 6-7 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.

Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave. The Rocky Horror Show, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

The Rocky Horror Show, showings at 7 and 10 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. La La Bones plays, 7-10 p.m., 11th St. Station.

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Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Meditation and Dharma Talk, 5:30 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

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Tense tenses, super scooper and mapped out Interesting fact: G.I. originally stood for “galvanized iron” and was stamped on products made of such. It later came to mean all kinds of things, but please join me in eating ice cream so we can complain about our galvanized iron tracts.

Dear Rachel, My dad served in ’Nam in 1966 and came home after a year in combat at 19 years old. He went to a pub and got a cold brew and was thanked by the WW11 Vets. Do you think our enlisted 19-year-olds who have been in combat in the future should be able to come home and drink a cold one at Ska? I thank them every day so I can drink a cold one in this USA. - Mrs. G.I. Jane Dear Gastrointestinal Janet, You are the closest I have come to encountering a time traveler or multiverser. In my time, we are only up to two world wars, not 11. Also, I cannot wrap my head around soldiers who HAVE BEEN in combat IN THE FUTURE. Whatever they have been doing in the future, or will have done in the past, or might will have been doing in the preterite, I too will thank them if it means I can have a beer while staying alive.

– Prost, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I love love love love ice cream. But it is very very very bad for me. And not just me. Most of my friends are some degree of bloated (or worse) after we scoop a scoop into our faces.

If something is so universally bad for us, wouldn’t you think we’d evolve a distaste for it? Instead, I keep going back for more.

– I Scream Dear You Scream, Human beings are capable of many things. We can survive in most climate zones. We can learn many languages. But most of all, we excel at doing things that are horrible for ourselves, over and over again, and surviving just long enough to pass along what we haven’t learned to the next generation. So, scoop up!

– We all scream, Rachel Dear Rachel, I always thought this whole “Americans are bad at geography” bit was overblown. We’ve all wanted to leave NM off a map, right? But I cannot teach my relatives that Denver does not equal Colorado, and that I am not going to drive seven hours over mountain passes to have lunch while they have a layover at DEN. How

Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Tuesday31 Downtown Children’s Halloween and Carnival, 4-6 p.m., Main Ave. & E. 2nd Ave. and TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St.

telegraph@durangotelegraph.com do we make them understand?

- Long Road Dear Far Fetched, It’s important to recognize the root problem. And it’s not poor geography skills, which we cannot possibly remedy. It’s our understanding of spacetime. If we could bend spacetime so your future family has been eating lunch with you after they will be catching their flight, you’ll be so confused that the drive to Denver will feel like nothing. Or, you’ll come home in another century. Nobody knows, but by god, will you deserve a beer.

– Cheers, Rachel

Musically Speaking with the San Juan Symphony, 6 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Bottom Shelf Brewery, Bayfield.

Sihasin plays, 7 p.m., FLC Student Union, Vallecito Room.

Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College.

Community Yoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.

Slow Bluegrass Jam, 5:30-7:30 p.m., General Palmer Hotel, 567 Main Ave. Nightmare on Elk Street Haunted House, 6 p.m., Durango Elks Lodge, 901 E. 2nd Ave. Jason Thies and Jeff Haspel play, 6 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave. The Rocky Horror Show, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave. Liver Down the River plays, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre.

Wednesday01 Restorative Yoga for Cancer, 9:30-10:45 a.m., no cost for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers, Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Info and register at cancersupportswco.org/calendar Black Velvet plays, 5-7 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

Karaoke Roulette, 8 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Ongoing A Terrifying Creative Exhibit, runs until Nov. 4, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. “The Return of the Force,” art exhibit exploring the influence of “Star Wars” on Native artists, FLC’s Center for Southwest Studies. Exhibit runs through August 2024.

Upcoming Dia de los Muertos Bingo, Nov. 2, 7 p.m., Zia’s North, 2977 Main Ave. Friends of the Library Book Sale, Nov. 3-4, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Durango High School Troupe 1096 presents “The Hobbit,” Nov. 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. & Nov. 4 and 11 at 2 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. The Rocky Horror Show, Nov. 3, 4, 5 at 7 p.m., and Nov. 4 at 10 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Shadow work is a psychological practice that has been deeply healing for me. It involves exploring the dark places in my soul and being in intimate contact with my unripe and wounded aspects. Engaging in this hard labor ensures that my less beautiful qualities never take control of me and never spill out into toxic interactions with people. I bring this up, Aries, because the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to do shadow work. Halloween costume suggestion: Be your shadow, demon or unripe self.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The country where I live, the U.S., has banned over 2,500 books in recent years. I’m appalled by the ignorance that fuels this idiotic despotism. But there has been an amusing consequence, which I am pleased to report: Banning the books has sometimes hiked their sales. “Gender Queer” by Maia Kolbabe had a 130% increase. Art Spiegelman’s “Maus I and Maus II” jumped 50%. Let this scenario serve as an inspirational metaphor for you in the coming weeks. If any person or institution tries to repress, deny or resist you, do what you’re doing even bigger and better. Halloween costume suggestion: rebel, dissident or protestor.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do you ever feel you are treated unfairly at your job? Is your workplace sometimes detrimental to your health? Is it possible that a few small changes could add up to a big improvement in how you feel while you’re earning a living? There’s rarely a perfect moment to address these concerns, but the coming weeks will be a more favorable time than usual. If you decide to seek shifts, devise a strategy that’s as foolproof as possible. Halloween costume suggestion: a worker doing your ideal job.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian comedian Dave Barry says as he grows older, he looks forward to “continued immaturity.”

That is probably based on the fact that his humor is often juvenile and silly. (I like it, though!) I’m guessing it’s also because he aspires to remain youthful and innocent and surprisable as he ages. I mention this, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to celebrate and honor the parts of you that are still blooming but not yet in full blossom. Be grateful you have not become a jaded know-it-all. Would you consider revisiting joys you loved as a child and teenager? Halloween costume suggestion: your younger self.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Horseshoes have symbolized good luck in many cultures. A common usage is to hang them over front doors. But there’s disagreement about the best way to generate the good fortune.

Some people say the open end of the horseshoe should point upward, since that collects the luck. Others insist it’s best for the horseshoe to point down, as that showers luck on those who enter and leave the house.

If you experiment with this fun myth, I advise you to point the open end up. It’s time for you to gather blessings, help, and fortuity. Halloween costume accessories: good luck charms like a four-leaf clover, acorn or cat’s eye gemstone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Only two items appear more often in the world’s landfills than disposable diapers. They seem to be among the least ecologically sound products. Or maybe not. Japanese researchers at the University of Kitakyushu have made building materials out of them in combination with gravel, sand, and cement. In the spirit of this potentially glorious alchemical transmutation, I encourage you to ruminate on how you might convert wasted stuff into usable valuables in your own sphere. Halloween costume suggestion: A janitor or maid wearing a gold crown and pearls.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There would be no life on Earth if it weren’t for the sun.

Our home star’s energy is the central force at work in the creation and sustenance of all humans, animals and plants. Yet we must be sure not to get extravagant amounts of our good thing. An overabundance of solar heat and radiance can cause failed crops, dehydration, droughts, skin cancer and wildfires. Are other factors at work in your sphere that are also nourishing in moderate amounts but unhealthy in excess? And do you know when just right becomes too much? Halloween costume suggestion: Goldilocks, Lady Justice with her scales or a body suit adorned with a giant yin and yang symbol.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Of all the ideas propounded by major religions, the saddest is the Christian assertion that all of us are born sinful – that we come into this world with a corruption that renders us fundamentally flawed: tainted, soiled, guilty, foul. I reject this stupid nonsense. In my spiritual philosophy, we are all born gorgeous, loving geniuses. Tough experiences may diminish our radiance and make it a challenge to be our best, but we never lose the gorgeous, loving genius at our core. Your task in the coming weeks is to get into close touch with this pure source. Halloween costume suggestion: your gorgeous, loving genius.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The earliest known human settlement is Göbekli Tepe, in what’s now the country of Turkey. When archaeologists first excavated it in 1994, they realized it was built over 11,000 years ago. This was shocking news, since it dramatically contradicted previous estimates of how long people have lived in villages. I’m predicting a comparable shift in your understanding of your own past, Libra. The full effect may not be apparent for months, but there will be interesting jolts soon. Halloween costume suggestion: archaeologist, time traveler or yourself in a past life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio author Ófeigur Sigurðsson writes, “You should never do what’s expected of you; there’s always another path through life than the one before you.” I wouldn’t recommend his approach to any other zodiac sign but Scorpio. And I would only advocate it for maybe 40% of Scorpios 10% of the time. The coming weeks will be one of those 10% times. Get ready to be as original and imaginative in living your life as you have ever been. Halloween costume suggestion: unicorn, dragon or phoenix.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my meticulous analysis of the astrological omens, you now have a sacred right to expand your ego at least one full size. Even two sizes will probably be fine. Your guardian angel is lobbying for you to strut and swagger, and so are your muses, your ancestors, and God Herself. I hope you will overcome any shyness you feel about expressing your talents, your intelligence and your unique understanding of the world. Halloween costume suggestion: a charming braggart, charismatic egomaniac, or beautiful narcissist.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The secret for harvesting the greatest fruitfulness and enjoyment is to live dangerously!” Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said that. “Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius!” he added. “Send your ships into uncharted seas!” As for you in the coming weeks, Pisces, I don’t recommend you live dangerously, but I do suggest you live adventurously. Surpass your limits, if you dare! Halloween costume suggestions: daredevil, swashbuckler, gambler, fortune-hunter or knight-errant.

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KDUR is Celebrating 50 years in 2025. Staff is on the hunt for past DJs. Maybe you did a show for one year, maybe you did a show for 10. However long that was, hopefully you have a fond memory, a story or maybe even some recorded material! If you do, please email station manager Bryant Liggett, Liggett_b@fortlewis.edu or call 970.247.7261

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Do you have water rights? Well, then you probably know about the Department of Water Resources’ mandate and time limit. Sold in DIY kits or fully assembled and welded, these professionally fabricated Parshall flumes, diversion boxes locally made and are fully ASTM compliant. Yours can be reserved starting October 2023 and delivered directly to your property in time for seasonal install 2024. Call 1 (970) 946-5206 to reserve your flume(s) & install dates - 2023 pricing available until December 20, 2023.

Classes/Workshops Why and When Yoga Hurts Dr. Keneen Hope free Zoom Workshop Nov 2, 6-7:15 pm. www.hopechi royoga.com/workshops 303-513-8055 Introduction to Nature Journaling Do you enjoy being in nature? Do you value attention and focus? Join us for an Introduction to Nature Journaling. I will introduce a journaling practice that uses numbers, pictures, and words to record observations of nature.

It’s enjoyable, accessible, and a practice you can take anywhere. Don’t worry if you don’t consider yourself good at drawing. Everyone is welcome and all supplies provided. $40 Sat, November 4th 10-11:30 Studio 105, Smiley Building Registration required: text or call with any questions: Amy 970-403-7265

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CommunityService Adaptive Sports Volunteer Training Nov. 11, 11 a.m. -12 noon; Nov. 14, 2-3 p.m. & 6-7 p.m.; Nov. 15, 11 a.m. – 12 noon & 6-7 p.m. Returning volunteer orientations: Nov. 11, 10-11 a.m.; Nov. 14, 1-2 p.m. & 5-6 p.m.; Nov. 15, 10-11 a.m. & 5-6 p.m. 463 Turner Dr. #105. Volunteers need only attend one session. Questions: 970-259-0374 or email program@asa durango.com.

Grief Counseling The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado is offering free grief counseling services for children, teens and young adults with one of our graduate interns.

Please contact us below if interested.

Email: griefcenterswco@gmail.com Phone: 970-764-7142 Volunteers Needed Alternative Horizons is always in need of volunteers to staff our hotline.

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November 3 & 4 @ 7:30 p.m.

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