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4 La Vida Local

Ballot breakdown Demystifying Tabor and this year’s big ballot issues

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GOCO awards Silverton grant for Kendall Mountain master plan

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Mastering the art of getting from point A to B photos by Stephen Eginoire

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21 Free Will Astrology

One guy’s opinion on the underdogs, unsung heroes and no-shows

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On the cover: Max Schon enjoys perfect autumn weather on Durango’s Watch Crystal cliff, perched above the Animas Valley./ Photo by Stephen Eginoire

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Another snow job

With Purg beginning snow-making in anticipation of its Nov. 22 opening, winter has begun creeping into the local psyche.

And while October 2019 is eerily similar to October 2017, weather gurus, diviners and prognosticators say fear not, ye shredders of little faith.

According to AccuWeather’s annual winter forecast, released Oct. 3, the Southwest and California can expect a cool, unsettled pattern this winter. “These areas could see back-and-forth conditions, between some periods of dry weather and some active weather,” AccuWeather Expert Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok said.

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In other words, a typical winter, whatever that means. “A normal season in terms of snowfall will translate to decent ski conditions,” he predicted.

However, if you’ve got that trip to Whistler planned, you may want to hold off. Strong high pressure is likely to build over the Northwest, leading to dry conditions and above-average temps.

“I can see some places this winter in the Northwest being about 20 to 40 percent lower on snowfall compared to average,” Pastelok said.

In even better news, the AccuWeather forecast seems to align with those from the competing Farmers’ Almanac and Old Farmer’s Almanac (the latter getting the “old” moniker, being founded in 1792, 26 years before its predecessor.)

According to the Farmers’ Almanac, this winter promises so many ups and downs on the thermometer it’s being dubbed the “Polar Coaster.”

“Our extended forecast is calling for yet another freezing, frigid, and frosty winter for twothirds of the country,” Editor Peter Geiger said.

Colorado can expect “frigid and snowy” conditions, according to the Farmers map.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts much the same, promising a “pow pow” (yes, that term seems to have officially jumped the shark) packed winter from the Northeast to the Rockies.

The Old Farmer’s is predicting no fewer than seven snowstorms this winter, with many places seeing flakes flying by mid-November and more serious accumulations over the holidays. Overall, it’s calling for below-average temps and aboveaverage precip for the southern Rockies.

Of course, all this should be taken with a grain of rock salt. According to Popular Mechanics, the almanacs are “mostly full of crap.” The nowdefunct Vane website went so far as to call the almanacs "a bunch of malarkey.”

Although both almanacs claim they can predict weather with around 80 percent accuracy, a University of Illinois study found they were only about 52 percent accurate – basically, the equivalent of throwing a dart at a map.

But then again, taking a snowstake half-full approach, there’s a 50 percent chance they’ll be right.

Now, where’s the snow shovel?

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LaVidaLocal Fare thee well My life was changed at 16 by a single song. At first I never saw it coming. I was introduced to the 1990s version of hippies on a trip to visit a childhood friend in Michigan. Initially I was appalled and confused. I went to some parties with the young hippies and they were strange. But I liked some of the music, and my friend, Ganesh, let me steal a blank and make a tape of some Grateful Dead songs. It was 1995 and Jerry Garcia was still alive. (And so were cassette tapes.)

When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door. I can’t recall if it was that line – probably not – but that song, “Uncle John’s Band,” damn there was a magic in that. I played that tune over and over again in the back of the minivan while my mother drove back to Illinois.

A week later, Jerry Garcia died. I didn’t even know his name yet – after all I’d only been a Deadhead for a week. But the outpouring over his death made me realize he was special. And loved.

Last month, Robert Hunter, the writer behind most of Jerry Garcia’s songs, passed away at 78 years old. I was out on a leaf-peeping drive with my parents and girlfriend when I got the news from my childhood best friend, Two Tent Timmy. I already had some Grateful Dead queued up on my Spotify, as I often do. And as we rolled down Molas Pass back to Durango, all the while I thought about what Robert Hunter’s words meant to me.

Hunter’s words were as impactful to me as Jack Kerouac’s longing for the road and adventure. Yet, I haven’t read Kerouac in years, and I think that if I re-read On the Road it wouldn’t be the same. Somehow the Grateful Dead is still as exciting and insightful as it was 25 years ago.

Of course, we can’t proceed down the line without mentioning psychedelics. Hunter was given LSD by the CIA, as the United States government studied the drug on our own citizens, thinking they could use it as a tool for mind control on our enemies. Instead, Uncle Sam unknowingly launched a counter culture revolution that still continues today.

After Hunter’s death I didn’t come across too much media about him. He didn’t seem to do too many interviews and certainly didn’t seek out the limelight. I did come across one interview from 1988 with Terry Gross from “Fresh Air.” (Somehow Terry Gross sounds exactly the same from the late 1980s as she does now.) In that interview, Hunter referenced that very song that changed my life and opened up my heart and mind. He spoke about that line – when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door – and explained that it spoke to the self-congratulatory feeling that he got from the hippies. That they celebrated before they really accomplished much. And of course, isn’t that line so true? If only the hippies worked as hard for their goals as the Republicans and the climate deniers have.

And while there has not exactly been danger at my door these last few months, there has been a cat. Her name is Kitty Kitty, and she’s a calico that has been the alpha cat in this neighborhood for the last decade or so. Every morning for the last three months since we moved into our new place, she’s come by to say hello and hang out.

I was introduced to Kitty Kitty the day we moved in. And shortly after that, I met our neighbor and Kitty Kitty’s caretaker, an elderly woman named Bee. I love cats, and immediately took to Kitty Kitty. What can I say, I come from the lineage of Hemingway and Kerouac; a cat-loving, soft-hearted writer.

Soon, Kitty Kitty became a part of our lives. We’d help get her in at night when Bee had a hard time getting her in, and the neighborhood racoons were making their rounds. Kitty Kitty started hanging out so much that Bee even asked if we could take her. You see Bee was terminally ill with cancer, and had been for some time. Sadly, we could not take Kitty Kitty because Amber, my girlfriend, is allergic. Amber loved that cat as much as I did, and as much as she wanted to provide a new home for her, we simply couldn’t.

Last week Amber called me, and by the timing of the call I knew exactly what she was going to tell me: that Bee had died. She’d been admitted to the hospital just a couple days before, and I could sense from talking to her previously that she didn’t have much time left. The same day she died, Kitty Kitty was gone too, to a new home, and I sure hope, a good one. Please send me a message if you have her!

Kitty Kitty and Bee were only our neighbors for three months, yet we grew so accustomed to them.

Bee was sort of particular about things, and a very private person, but we somehow managed to work our way into her life, mainly through her cat. Plus, I thought I should be the type of neighbor I would want for my own grandmother. My mom brought me up that way.

I’m not a person who cries a lot. Weird things like music make me cry, but other things that make other people cry don’t make me cry. I was thankful for my neighbor Bee to no longer be suffering. I miss Kitty Kitty dearly. I’ll shed a tear for Bee, for Robert Hunter, and most of all, I will try to live my life to the fullest to honor Hunter’s words, which have led me to places I could only have dreamt about, both internally and externally.

And though I could be wrong, I think I could sense what Hunter’s message was: it’s a big, crazy, beautiful world, and we should not squander this existence and all the possibilities that we have to create a meaningful, loving life for ourselves. Fare thee well my friend.

– Luke Mehall Luke Mehall is the author of five books, including The Desert, a dirtbag climbing book. He is also the publisher of The Climbing Zine, a tri-annual publication based here in Durango. He can be contacted at luke@climbingzine.com

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

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Sexy Downfall The 50 local volunteers who spent Sunday cleaning up homeless camps around Durango

The sudden death last week of Iron Horse Bicycle Classic founder Ed Zink, a Durango native who spent his life dedicated to community service and outdoors causes

Cold nighttime temperatures allowing Purgatory to get a jump on the ski season and start making snow last week, despite a lack of any substantial precipitation

A dangerous week for pot smokers, with tainted marijuana from a Denver grow being removed from dispensary shelves due to mold and Taco Bell recalling 2.3 million pounds of beef over the discovery of metal shards

Colorado marijuana regulators taking steps to fight vape disease by finalizing a ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products

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New high-temperature records for Colorado, with the Colorado Climate Center confirming the Lamar area reached 115 degrees Fahrenheit on July 20 and September setting the record for hottest monthly average

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The novelty company “Yandy,” known for its “sexythis” and “sexy-that” Halloween costumes, is accelerating our downfall this year with the three worst costumes ever: #3. The “sexy college admissions scandal costume,” which is a tight orange jump suit with the words “mom of the year” crossed out and replaced by “inmate.” #2. The “sexy beyond burger costume,” which is a burger-patterned, skintight costume with a hat that says “plant based.” #1. The “sexy Mr. Rogers costume,” complete with hand puppets, which is sure to ruin your holiday and childhood simultaneously.

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“A way to get my car fixed.”

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“To find out who I am.”

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“To appreciate the beauty of the day while realizing there is suffering.”

Lara Bailey

“Some good autumn recipes.”

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

‘1984’ is knocking at our door To the editor, In George Orwell’s book 1984 the lead character, Winston Smith, works in The Ministry of Truth, a government bureaucracy. The Ministry’s function is to dismantle truth and build an alternate narrative, one in accord with the wishes of the state. As the state finds it necessary to alter history, the Ministry destroys existing records and manufactures new “old” reports and records.

To many, the focus of news today seems to be our president’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.

And indeed, that was a favor Trump asked of the new president of that country. But, the president’s most serious business goes beyond the investigation of Joe or Hunter Biden. In addition, Trump asked the Ukrainian president to search Ukraine for the server of the Democratic National Committee (or DNC) which was hacked during the 2016 campaign. Simultaneously, Trump has involved his attorney general in an effort to discredit the conclusions of the NSA, CIA, American military intel and the FBI that the 2016 hack on the DNC and the larger foreign efforts to influence our 2016 election was the work of Putin’s Russia.

The alternate fact being pushed: The DNC hack, and corresponding campaign tampering, was the work of the then-government of Ukraine. This would be more consistent with Trump’s belief in the appeal Putin made to Trump during their Helsinki meeting in July 2018. According to Trump, during the meeting, Putin told him Russia did no campaign tampering. Of this, Trump first said, “I don’t know why they would have.”

Where is all this going? Too sophisticated to have misidentified the source of the 2016 hacking, etc., American intelligence plotted to wrongly pin those misdeeds on the innocent Russian kleptocracy. For Trump, this4

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alleged falsification became the basis for American surveillance of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia, the Mueller investigation, the conviction of Paul Manafort, and by extension, any current case for impeachment. After all, Trump was not extorting Ukraine but merely trying to get at the truth.

When this is over, Donald Trump would have us all believing that a former government of Ukraine hacked the DNC. Then – as partners in a plot with the FBI, CIA, etc. – aided Hillary Clinton’s campaign and are part of a deep state conspiracy against him, along with corrupt Joe Biden. It is not even too absurd to believe this conspiracy is also at the bottom of the reports of low attendance at the Trump 2017 inauguration on the Capitol Mall. If Trump has his way even that small detail will become part of the re-write of our recent history.

In conclusion, I hardly know what to say. But, the current administration is attempting to move us away from our former allies in Europe, closer to Putin’s Russia, and shockingly closer to the establishment of an autocracy and our own Ministry of Truth.

– Kevin R. Cook, Mancos

I love a parade – and so should you To the editor, In the past, there were parade entrants that packed the south side of E. 3rd Avenue with numerous trailers of decked-out horses and riders, outfitters with their string of mules, dozens of local coaches including Wells Fargo, Budweiser, dozens and dozens of miniature horses/mules, a lady riding a longhorn bull, & other motorless marvels that thrilled families from here, as well as visitors, for an hour or more during The Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Durango.

This last parade clocked in at 12 minutes. The two before, Fiesta Days and the 4th of July were less than 15 minutes.

I am sure local restaurants would be more than happy to give parade entrants a gift of lunch for all the time and energy it takes to be in a parade. Other forms of appreciation should happen as well.

It would be a crying shame if our parades, part of Americana, become a thing of the past. By signing my name to this, I would be happy to be called to help out with our future parades. I am in the phone book. Hope others will participate too.

– Sally Florence, Durango

Gardner can run but he can’t hide To the editor, Republican members of Congress dance and duck and run rather than proclaim, as they have a moral obligation to, that Trump should be impeached and removed from office. The other day I got an email from Sen. Cory Gardner telling me what great things Gardner’s doing. Google him and you’ll read, “Fifth generation Coloradan Cory Gardner is fighting to protect our values and future.” Fighting to protect our values, but not saying a word about Trump’s and his cabal’s despicable efforts to supplant American democracy with autocratic rule? Like most of his Republican colleagues, Gardner runs, but he can’t hide his subservience to the cult of Trump.

– Edward Packard, Durango

Health care a right, not a pawn To the editor, Joe Biden and others argue that National Improved Medicare for All (NIMA) would hurt unions. They say workers don’t want to lose their private, employer-sponsored insurance. Well, General Motors (GM) just proved why we need NIMA.

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Fifty-thousand striking members of the United Auto Workers walked off their jobs at GM last month in a fight largely over health-care benefits.

GM is holding workers’ superior health-care benefits hostage, using it as a lure to get workers to cross the picket line. NIMA puts power back in workers’ hands.

They wouldn’t need to negotiate for health-care benefits, it would be guaranteed regardless of where they work.

Often unions will sacrifice wage and pension increases and safer working conditions for the generous health-care benefits during negotiations. That’s why some of the nation’s largest unions support NIMA and others are moving in that direction.

Maintaining employer-based health care means handing bosses another weapon to use against workers. If we are truly going to stand with union workers and put power in their hands, we must remove their reliance on the goodwill of their employer. Health care must be considered a human right not a pawn.

Under NIMA, whether you’re working or not, or switching jobs, your health care will be right there with you. Employer-based health care lacks stability. Every industrialized country in the world provides universal health care for its citizens. It’s far from a radical solution.

– Jan Phillips, Durango

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Classrooms such as this could get more money if voter pass Proposition CC this November, which would allow the state to keep excessive tax revenues for three proposed uses: public schools, higher education, and roads, bridges and transit. In the first year, each area could get an estimated $100 million./File photo

Doubling down Voters consider challenge to TABOR, sports-betting tax

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o matter what side people take on the issue, they all agree that Proposition CC is the most significant challenge to the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, since it passed in 1992.

TABOR, which is part of the Colorado Constitution, has two main parts. First, it guarantees that only voters can approve tax increases. Second, it limits how much money the state can take in and spend.

What Proposition CC would do is nullify the limits on state government spending.

TABOR has always been a complicated tax issue and a menace to budget writers statewide for more than a quarter-century. But, that was kind of the point.

It wasn’t supposed to be easy to take money from the people; it was supposed to be hard. If the people wanted to give the state more funding, they could approve as many tax increases as they wanted. There’s no limit on

Ballots went out to all registered voters across La Plata County on Oct. 12. Ballots need to be received by 7 p.m.

Tues., Nov. 5. Voter service and polling centers will be open daily from Oct. 28 - Nov. 5, and drop boxes are open 24 hours a day. For the latest times, locations and more, go to www.co.laplata.co.us/government/departments/ elections or contact the La Plata County Clerk’s office at 382-6296. More information is also available at the state elections site, www.govotecolorado.com. how much the people can tax themselves. The only limits were on how much the state government could take without direct approval from voters.

Those limits are calculated using state revenues from the previous year, adjusted for inflation and population growth. If the state collects more than the amount calcu-

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lated, via things like sales, excise and income taxes, it is required to give the excess back to taxpayers.

Like most laws, everything about TABOR hasn’t worked out perfectly. For example, the equations used to keep state spending in check have not allowed Colorado to recover quickly from downturns in the national economy, like the 2008 recession.

There have been some attempted tweaks over the years. Referendum C, passed in 2005, raised the TABOR limit on spending for a five-year period. It certainly gave the state some wiggle room, but it still kept a cap on it.

Proposition CC, on the other hand, would remove the cap completely – and for all time.

The other part of TABOR, guaranteeing that only voters can approve tax increases, would not change if Proposition CC passed.

It’s something proponents of the measure are quick to spotlight. The first three words of the ballot measure read, “Without raising taxes …” – and, that’s true. The measure4

would not increase taxes. It will, however, change things for taxpayers.

Because Colorado is not allowed to keep any excess revenues under TABOR, it refunds the money by adjusting state income tax payments. So, although it’s not a tax increase, it might feel like one in April.

According to state officials, the revenue collected for the 2019-20 fiscal year is expected to exceed the TABOR limit by $310 million, and in 2020-21 it will exceed it by $342 million. If those funds were given back to taxpayers, it would mean an extra $26-$90 for each individual.

If those funds were not given back, it would mean, each of the three proposed uses listed on the ballot – public schools, higher education, and roads, bridges and transit – would get about $100 million.

Proponents of the measure focus on what that $100 million could mean for teachers’ wages, rising tuition rates and crumbling highways.

Opponents point out there is nothing in Proposition CC that says these new revenues must be in addition to current

budgets. Any funds being spent on public schools, higher education, and transportation today could be redirected for other purposes or projects.

Even with all the current limitations, Colorado’s leaders have found ways around TABOR – like increasing fees, instead of taxes – and the size of the state’s revenue stream has swelled to three times what it was when TABOR passed just 27 years ago.

Opponents call Proposition CC a blank check; proponents call it an investment.

It’s up to voters to decide which is which.

For more from each side: Vote No on CC, votenooncc.com, and Vote Yes on CC, www.yesonpropcc.com.

Proposition DD: Gambling on the Water Plan The other big ticket item on the November ballot is Proposition DD, which would legalize and tax sports betting.

Legalizing sports betting has been trending across the country since the Supreme Court handed down a decision in May 2018 that nullified a federal ban on sports gam-

bling. This gave states the authority to make the choice for themselves – and many have, including New Mexico, although not all have chosen to tax the proceeds.

Proposition DD, which was put together by the Colorado Legislature last spring, would legalize sports betting, tax casinos that handle the bets and fund certain projects with those tax revenues.

The tax is 10 percent of the casino’s proceeds, which is the amount the casinos make after paying winners. An example offered by state officials is if a casino collected $100 in bets on a sporting event, the winners would get $95 of that money in payouts and the casino would get $5.

Of that $5, the casino would pay 25 cents in federal taxes, 47.5 cents for the Proposition DD tax, and keep just over $4.27.

According to state officials, the projected revenue from this new tax is $16 million in the first five years, but that’s only a guess. Taxes collected from gambling sources are notoriously unreliable.

If Proposition DD passes, the revenues would be directed to four things: the cost

of regulation, gambling addiction services, a hold harmless fund (which is used to reimburse community groups that get funding from traditional gambling sources and may have lost money due to the legalization of sports betting), and the Colorado Water Plan.

The Colorado Water Plan and associated water projects would get the bulk of the tax revenue, an estimated $14.9 million of the $16 million. The proposition doesn’t clarify exactly what water projects means, but offer a general outline including water storage, supply, conservation, land use, engagement and innovation activities, agriculture, the environment and recreation.

Proponents of the measure highlight the need to fund the Colorado Water Plan, which currently does not have any dedicated funding source. Cost estimates for the plan, however, are in the tens of billions.

So, some wonder if taxing an unreliable source for what amounts to a drop in the bucket is even worth it? Others contend, something is better than nothing. n

Three’s company: Mosquitos, libraries, 9-R school board on ballot Ballot Issue 6B: Tax increase to help fund the Animas Mosquito District. The district is asking voters to increase property taxes by no more than .41 mils (which would be about $11.73 on a home valued at $400,000). Following a summer when mosquitos in the Animas Valley tested positive for West Nile Virus, the special district is looking to hire two more employees to help with testing, trapping and more.

Ballot Issue 6D: Creation of the Southwest La Plata Library District and a tax increase of 1.5 mils (which would be about $42.90 on a home valued at $400,000) to fund operations and services in the newly created special district that would include the Sunnyside and Florida Mesa branch libraries.

School Board Election: Incumbent Stephanie Moran and challenger Kristin Smith are battling to represent District D, which encompasses Durango and the surrounding area, on the Durango 9-R Board of Education. The La Plata County League of Women Voters held a candidate forum for the two Oct. 7. Check out the video link at www.lwvlaplata.org.

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ill recreational and medical marijuana voters have more political clout in 2020? The Cannabis Voter Project hopes so. The project made inroads identifying voters during the 2018 midterm election and now it’s turning recruitment efforts to pot stores in Colorado and across the country.

“We are neutral players. We are not Democrat or Republican or climate activists or gun activists,” said Andy Bernstein, executive director of New York-based HeadCount, the nonprofit spearheading the effort.

HeadCount has long been engaged in registering voters at concerts, 600,000 so far.

With marijuana, the group saw a large chunk of people that “maybe felt that the political system was corrupt or didn’t apply to them or they just wanted to be off the grid.” These cannabis voters aren’t politically monolithic, but experts who track the trends say they tend to be younger and Lindsey Brookbank registers to become a cannabis voter and signs up for a rewards more Democratic.

But even though the growing marijuana program Oct. 2 at Terrapin Care Station in Aurora. The chain of marijuana retailers industry has a lot at stake in the next elec- is testing a pilot project for the Cannabis Voter Project, which seeks to give more tion, it doesn’t mean the project intends to clout to marijuana voters./Photo courtesy of Colorado Public Radio join the political trench warfare. Bernstein “Before, when it was more underground and counter-culture, we said the Cannabis Voter Project won’t push marijuana users to vote one way or another, but he does hope it can convince many of them didn’t have that voice,” CanaCraft co-founder Dennis Hunter said. to get off the sidelines. He notes that “if there was ever an example “We’re getting their attention now, and it’s just going to make a difference in the coming election that we stay engaged.” where democracy shapes people’s lives, it’s cannabis.”

Other top issues include more robust clinical testing, the expungeColorado voters experienced that first hand when they legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. All of those new customers are now ment of records for people in prison for nonviolent marijuana ofcentral to the next phase of the Cannabis Voter Project. The hook? fenses and the STATES Act, sponsored by Sen, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., which would let states creSignup and you’ll earn a discount at a pot shop.

Signees will get updates on federal legislation that impacts the ate their own marijuana policies without federal interference.

Rick Ridder is a partner at RBI Strategies and worked on passing cannabis industry, information on where candidates stand on cannabis issues and – as the 2020 election approaches – reminders marijuana legalization in Colorado. He said his data shows marijuana ballot questions can help drive turnout among younger voters. But on voting and registering.

“It helps because with our daily busy lives, classes, everything, he’s not sure how many single-issue cannabis voters exist in states sometimes it’s hard to think about the bigger picture, so it’s nice to where people can buy it recreationally.

“You know, seven years ago it was a single-issue driver for many have reminders,” 23-year-old Hayley Wilson, a shopper at Terrapin of them,” Ridder said. “For many voters now that it’s legalized, you’re Care Station in Boulder, said.

The dispensary chain is now testing the pilot project to offer cus- getting into nuances and when you get into nuances, voters move tomers discounts. The goal is to eventually bring other companies on on to other areas of concern.”

Still, he doesn’t discount the impact the industry can have now board here and in other states.

Wilson, a student at Naropa University, who signed up, said she that it’s going on the offensive.

“I think the marijuana industry is learning that they have political leans Democratic but isn’t happy with either major party. Even though she’s most concerned with the high cost of health care, she power. And when you have political power, you assert it by turning out your voters on particular issues.” said candidates’ records on cannabis also matter.

Business leaders are starting to play a bigger role in backing can“I think it definitely affects my vote,” Wilson said. “But I would have to look into other things and make sure I’m picking the best didates who have supported them, even if that’s not the goal of the Cannabis Voter Project. In 2018, marijuana industry workers were candidate holistically, not just on one issue.”

Unaffiliated voter Megan Lewis is 35 and lives in Denver. She said mobilized to support Democratic Gov. Jared Polis who has long championed marijuana legalization. she’s not always a regular voter.

“The cannabis community put together a party committee that “I think it’s a great initiative, especially if people are passionate about stuff and not totally into politics like myself, then it will help expended dollars on reaching out to cannabis voters about Jared keep them a little bit more educated as to what’s happening and Polis,” said Sal Pace, a former Democratic state lawmaker who sits on the board of the Marijuana Policy Project and helped the campaign. maybe get them out there voting more.”

Compared to the last governor’s race, Pace said the industry nearly On their recent tour, jazz and funk band Lettuce donated a dollar for every ticket sold to help fund the project and California-based doubled the turnout rate for marijuana workers in support of Polis.

Unlike the Polis case, the Cannabis Voter Project isn’t spending in CanaCraft has donated $100,000.

Even as Marijuana remains a schedule 1 substance, the House of races or asking people who sign up to back certain candidates. The Representatives recently passed bipartisan legislation that would end result is unclear, but backers say getting more voters supportive make it easier for licensed cannabis businesses to access banks and of changes to federal marijuana laws will benefit the industry over other financial services. The SAFE Banking Act is expected to get a the long haul.

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Kendall lands GOCO grant for master plan

by Missy Votel

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ilverton’s dreams of going big with Kendall Mountain just took a step closer to the front of the lift line. Last week, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) awarded a $37,500 grant to the Town of Silverton for the development of a recreation plan for Kendall Mountain Recreation Area.

“Kendall is an amazing community resource, and we are excited to see it reach its full potential as a four-season, recreational hub for Silverton residents and visitors alike,” Lisa Branner, community relations director for the town, told the Silverton Standard.

Locals, town and county leaders began discussing in earnest expansion of Kendall Mountain’s terrain and amenities in 2017.

“There’s always been a widespread belief that Kendall is underutilized,” Branner told the Telegraph last December.

She was hired by the town to gather residents’ desires via visioning sessions and see if an expansion was even feasible. Among the ideas gaining support at the public scoping were expanded ski terrain, a reliable ice rink, Nordic trails, night skiing, music festivals, whitewater park and a full-scale cafeteria and bar.

Ski area development consulting firm SE Group was hired to draft a map and viability study to see if any of this was doable. And, it turned out, it is.

“When I opened the map, it kind of blew me away,” Branner said of the study, which was completed a year ago.

“We did a terrain analysis on whether we have viable terrain that could be developed next to the ski area, and it turns out, we do.”

The study explored the feasibility of adding three chairlifts and expanding terrain in pods on the upper reaches of

the mountain. Two scenarios were presented: a 300-acre expansion, which would take place mostly on BLM land, and an 800-acre expansion, which would include a mix of public and private lands. The end goal is to expand terrain to cater to all ski levels.

The town applied for the GOCO grant last winter, and since then has formed a master planning committee. The next step will be to hire a consultant and gather more public comment. A final plan will be done in 12 to 18 months but must first gain stakeholder approval before it can be released to the public.

In addition to the GOCO funds, the plan was also paid for with a $6,250 match from the San Juan County Department of Local Affairs and $6,250 in cash and in-kind funds from the Town of Silverton.

Branner said residents’ overwhelming request with the

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expansion was to retain Kendall’s small-town roots “We want to keep it affordable, family-friendly and lowkey, like a Monarch or Wolf Creek,” she said.

For comparison, Kendall now operates on 16 acres; Monarch is 800 acres and Wolf Creek 1,600.

Of course, as is often the case, the devil is in the details.

According to SE Group, Kendall will need 1,000 skiers a day over a 100 to 120-day season to be sustainable. Right now, on a good day, Kendall sees about 120 skiers. But Branner points out that is not outside the realm of possibility – the town sees that many visitors on a typical summer day.

And, of course, there is the cost. The full-scale expansion under the 800-acre scenario comes with a $25 million price tag. Branner said whether that is scaled back or how it will be funded remains to be seen. The town, which owns the ski hill, will need to decide how the ski hill will be run: as a municipal hill, such as Chapman or Steamboat’s Howelsen Hill, a private enterprise, or some combo thereof.

“There are a lot of question marks, and funding will depend on what business model we want to pursue,” she said.

“We have a lot of work to do as a community.”

And while a lot of questions are still be up for debate, there is one thing most locals agree on: Silverton needs to diversify its economy, particularly after the devastating 416 Fire in 2018. Expanded ski hill offerings will not only bring in visitors and their dollars, but create jobs, improve quality of life and attract new residents and businesses.

“People are realizing we need to do something to diversify,” Branner said. “This is one piece of that puzzle.”

Branner also noted that the idea of expanding skiing at Kendall is nothing new.

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Total Slackers

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hod for rock climbers to hone entration (and remain enterklining has evolved into a fullsing several different styles of pended length of webbing ten-

sioned between two anchor points. One might encounter slackliners in a city park practicing acrobatics or see photos of daredevils attempting highlines that span the rims of deep canyons. One thing is for sure: the options are only limited by the practitioner’s imagination. Here’s a look at a recent on-campus session at FLC:

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1st annual Bestest of Durango

by Jesse Anderson

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ook … I’m not saying that the “Best of Durango” put on by the other paper in town is a venal advertorial. I’m not saying it’s a suspicious coincidence that all the winners are also advertisers, nor am I saying it’s weird that the vote tallies aren’t released. I’m not even saying that the results are bunk because Walmart always places, and I’m surely not saying the whole thing is a yearbookesque popularity contest with no validity whatsoever. All I’m saying is that it sucks when important contests are omitted to make room for paid advertising because a few crucial best-of categories are always left out, and I’m saying that it might be time for a better “Best of Durango.”

I mean, were they serious with the “best window coverings” category? Were there even enough window coverers in town to make for decent competition? Or what about “best casino” or “best title company?” Last I checked, there was only one casino in the county, and there was only one entrant for “best title company,” so the results weren’t surprising. And “best pharmacist?” Seriously? The best pharmacist is always the closest pharmacist, so there’s another category that could’ve been nixed to make room for more important ones.

Like, for instance, what about “Best Free Weekly Newspaper?”

There are a couple in town, so if there’s room for a “Best Radio Station” award, which there was, why not give the written word some room to win? Or what about a “Best Best of Durango?” Given that “The Bestest of Durango” is obviously a thing now because you’re holding it, don’t you think we should get together as a community to decide which “Best of Durango” is the best? Well, I do, and that’s why I talked to all the people who matter before coming up with the results for the first-annual “Bestest of Durango.” So, without further ado, drumroll, please…

net, Animas simply cannot be beat. Lastly, if you have an issue with this category’s inclusion in the Bestest of Durango, you need to reexamine your consumerist values. We’re all drawn to the minimalism and untethered lifestyle associated with stylish tiny houses, and we all watch the show on HGTV, but trailers are still taboo because we can’t get past stereotypes. Well, there’s a very comfortable trailer park community right here in Durango that just won a “Bestie,” so there.

Bestest Trailer Park 1st Place: Animas Mobile Home Park Runner Up: Crestview If you’re a Crestview resident who just choked on your chai tea before saying something like, “Crestview isn’t a trailer park,” you should reconsider. There is indeed a trailer park right in the middle of your neighborhood, and the fact that you won’t admit it is the reason you’re in second place this year. That, and it’s your attitude. There’s no keeping up with the Joneses in Animas, everybody is old and sweet and the opposite of pretentious, and it doesn’t feel like a puffy-coat cult here. Also, if you consider how close Oxbow is, and the fact that we have free cable/inter-

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Bestest Bartender 1st Place: Ashley from Ken and Sue’s Runner Up: That guy who looks like a soap opera star over at Nayarit It’s not that the bartender who won in the other publication doesn’t deserve it, but I wish apples would’ve been compared to apples. Ken and Sue’s is a much higher-volume establishment, so their bartenders have to pump out 6 trillion more drinks per hour than the other winner, and it’s impossible to put more drink in each drink than Ashley does. Every martini she’s ever poured came with a meniscus on top. And that guy from Nayarit came in second place for pretty much the same reason (that, and it’s gotten to the point wherein he simply hands me a salted Tecate when I walk in, which is unbelievably cool).

Bestest Place to Buy Furniture 1st Place: Durango Colorado Online Garage Sale Facebook Group Runner Up: Actual Garage Sales For the record, “Actual Garage Sales” would’ve won this category if they didn’t disappear in the snowy winter months, because the virtual version can get annoying. That group contains next-level trolls who can turn any post political (even the posts selling treadmills), and most of the people in that group have no idea how Facebook works. I mean, come on Karen, do you really not see how foolish you look when you accidentally use the autoreply “is this item still available” on an “ISO” post? Either way, the reason a “real” furniture store didn’t win is that there are brick-and-motor shops in this town charging $15,000 for a couch (you know, that thing your pets and kids will turn into a petri dish within a week). With that kind of money, you could buy a car or a vacant piece of land. And if you already have those things and think that a really nice couch could be worth $15K, you should get online and “ISO” a new perspective, because that money should go to charity, not to something that soaks up your farts while you watch TV.

Bestest Place to Buy Men’s Fashion 1st Place: Nowhere.

Honestly. If you’re a dude who lives in Durango with a working man’s clothing budget, you’re screwed. You can either try to get lucky at a thrift shop, save for three months to buy a pair of socks, or drive to Farmington, which requires equal parts courage and hand sanitizer. Besides, Durango wasn’t once voted world’s worst dressed town for no reason. The word “best” implies “good,” and since there are no good options for men’s fashion, or really any fashionable men to speak of in Durango, nobody wins.

Best People Watching 1st Place: The Squat Rack at the Rec Center Runner Up: The Saturday Farmers Market Again, this is another instance wherein second place could’ve been first if it didn’t disappear in the winter, because the Saturday Market has everything from vagrants to people walking on stilts, but the winner here really deserves it. If you stand by the left-most squat rack at the Rec Center, you can look down through the window into the pool or turn around to watch the entire fitness area. Everyone goes to the Rec Center, from tenants of our halfway house to the lords and ladies of the avenues; it’s a menagerie of humanity from which one can never look away.

OMG OMG OMG! Here comes the big one…

Bestiest Parking Lot 1st Place: Town Plaza Runner Up: The lot by McDonalds In a land with a paucity of free parking and a plenitude of $25 parking tickets, Town Plaza is an oasis (as is all that gravel over by McDonalds). There are way too many shops around Town Plaza for effective policing, so you never get towed or ticketed, and depending on which side you use, it’s only a short walk to Ernie’s or to The Ranch. Thank you, Town Plaza, for all that you do.

Bestest Best of Durango 1st Place: The Bestest of Durango Runner Up: This Week’s Sign of the Downfall Honorable Mention: The Best of Durango AGAINST ALL ODDS, WE WON!!! I’d like to thank my family and my editor for the support, I’d like to thank my competition because I couldn’t have written this without you. But above all, I’d like to thank this year’s entrants.

You’re the bestest of the best of Durango, and we applaud you. n

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The upper crust cauliflower pizza

by Ari LeVaux

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hen the airport shuttle driver found out I write about food, she slowed down. I was OK with that, because I was going home, with no more planes to catch and nothing but shower and bed on my schedule. But suddenly I was wide awake, because the airport shuttle driver was telling me about cauliflower pizza crust.

She began making it for her gluten-free son, she said. He wasn’t sensitive to gluten, but he liked the GF diet because it was lowcarb and he wanted to lose weight. The only problem, she said, was he couldn’t stop eating this cauliflower pizza crust.

At first I thought this recipe was our little secret, but the bloggers have been all over it for years, as it caters to every flavor of lowcarb diet you could imagine. It’s paleo, keto, gluten-free and even Atkins, for the old school crowd.

A Google search of the phrase “cauliflower pizza crust” returned 961,000 hits.

Each and every one that I clicked delivered a nearly identical recipe. While there are minor twists and variations, they all include cauliflower, cheese and egg, and little else.

And they all have a step to remove water from the shredded or pureed cauliflower, in ord er to have a dry batter to work with.

Sadly, none of the recipes I examined seemed to know or credit inventor Jamie VanEaton, who published the first cauliflower pizza crust recipe in 2012 on her site YourLighterSide.com. Of the near-million uses of her recipe, only 261 give her credit.

Having made the crust about 15 times, in as many different ways, before I found VanEaton’s original, I can see that hers is one of the best. I like to think my version offers a few improvements – what cook doesn’t think this all the time?

The recipe’s major issue is whether or not to cook the cauliflower before making the dough. VanEaton does, but many people don’t. Based on a side-by side comparison, it’s clear that steaming the cauliflower first creates the fluffiest, puffiest, creamiest crust of all. This means the cauliflower will be cooked three times before the eventual pizza is done, but it’s totally worth it.

Whether or not you care about avoiding carbs, gluten or anything else related to pizza dough, this crust will make you happy. And if you are a bread-starved pizza

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lover on a low-carb diet, it could be your salvation.

This recipe can be cut in half, for a 7-inch crust. But given the amount of work, I think it makes sense to make a larger batch, for either two small or one large crust. You can freeze a baked crust if it gets to that. I doubt it will.

For fun, I’ve played around with purple and yellow shades of cauliflower. Purple makes a beautiful, delicious crust, while yellow cauliflower crust is noticeably bitter.

Cauliflower Crust Pizza Serves 4 Crust 1 large head cauliflower (2 lbs trimmed florets) 2 eggs 2 teaspoons fresh oregano or thyme 1 cup shredded Italian 4-cheese blend (parmesan, romano, mozzarella, provolone) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 clove garlic Toppings Mozzarella cheese Fresh tomato or tomato sauce Mushrooms Pepperoni or sausage slices Fresh basil for garnish Barbeque sauce, brie, figs, peppers, roasted garlic – be creative, it’s pizza!

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Special tools/supplies Strainer Parchment paper Cut the cauliflower into florets and trim the stems in close, so the cauliflower is basically all florets. Cut or break them to pieces no longer than 2 inches in any dimension. Steam the florets, along with the garlic, until tender, about 15 minutes. When cool, transfer the florets and garlic to a blender with the salt. Blend on low, adding water, a tablespoon at a time, as necessary so it blends into a smooth vortex. Slowly increase the speed to high and whip that cauliflower into a cloudlike mound of foam.

Gently pour the foam into a strainer. Some will squeeze through the screen when you first pour it, but the cauliflower will quickly set up and steadily drain under its own weight. Give it a gentle stir once or twice, lifting from the bottom rather than pressing down into the screen. Wait for up to an hour, until the draining stops. Overnight in the fridge is best.

Add the strained puree to a mixing bowl, along with the eggs, oregano or thyme and cheese blend. Use your hands to combine and mix the batter.

Lay a section of parchment paper on a baking dish or sheet. Spread the olive oil atop the parchment paper, then place the batter in the middle of the sheet.

Use your hands to shape it into a circle, rectangle or whatever you wish. Keep the thickness even throughout the crust; don’t let it peter out at the edge. A finished disc with this amount of batter should be about ½-inch tall and 9 or 10 inches across. Leave at least 2 inches of empty space around the edge.

Place the pan in the cold oven, and turn the temperature to 400 degrees. Begin checking on the crust about 20 minutes after the oven reaches full heat. Depending on the thickness, and how well it drained, and the exact type of cheese you use, it should take 30 to 45 minutes to bake.

When nicely browned on top, and before the edges burn, remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. It’s now ready to top and re-bake. Top it however you see fit.

If the edges of the crust are blackened or blackish after the first bake, cover with foil to keep them from getting darker. Put the pizza in a pre-heated oven at 400, and bake until the cheese melts and pepperoni browns, about 15 minutes. Remove, slice and serve hot. n

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Acoustic blues, rockin’ at Ernie’s & smokin’ that bluegrass

by Chris Aaland

some different instrumentation, including dobro (played by former Hit & Run Bluegrass member Todd Livingston), drums (Electober is a busy time around the Aaland household. Anphant Revivals Darren Garvey), horns and outside vocalists. nual highlights, including apple pressing, pumpkin gathBlues guitar virtuoso Terry Robb will also play the iAM series ering, wood splitting, chile cooking and leaf raking, and Saturday evening. His work has been featured in Hollywood seem to take up every possible moment of the weekend. Pilgrimfilms, documentaries, TV series and more, including “Game of ages to Patty & Larry Hall’s house up the Animas Valley, Falfa’s Thrones,” “The Horse Whisperer” and “Dance of Death: The Life Pumpkin Patch near Elmore’s Corner, grouse hunting excursions Story of John Fahey, American Guitarist.” He’s also an Oregon into the San Juans and late-season creek fishing on the La Plata Music Hall of Famer who has been praised by Rolling Stone, River and Hermosa Creek mark the changing of the seasons and a Acoustic Guitar, Down Beat, Guitar Player and Living Blues. bittersweet end to the long, warm nights of summer.

Smoke some local bluegrass at the ACT (metaphorically speakMy wife, Shelly, is never one to sit still, especially with winter on ing, of course) at 8:30 p.m. Saturday when Liver Down the the horizon. Suddenly, our to-do list has River performs in a three-act bill that included cutting down dead aspens in the also includes High Country Hustle and front yard and rebuilding the stairs leading Noodle. Liver’s core trio consists of from the second story deck to the back Patrick Storen (mandolin), Emily Winter yard. Enter Uncle Dan. Shelly’s brother is (fiddle) and Derek Abt (bass), along with an all-purpose handyman, a chef, an EMT drummer Cy Fontenot and keyboardist and an all-around good dude. A few of Michael “Sweet T” Todd.

Dan’s off days have seen him tackle some The San Juan Mountains Association of the larger projects that are beyond my holds their inaugural San Juan Mounlimited knowledge base. tain Jam fundraiser for the But the days are dwindling. The comWeminuche Wilderness from 5:30-8 Satpost needs to be rototilled into the garden urday night at the Durango/Silverton boxes. Flagstone needs to be gathered for Railroad Grange Hall. The evening feathe overgrown back garden that I plan to tures music from the Six Dollar String turn into a sitting area. Garden hoses need Band and La La Bones, local brews, hors to be rolled up and stored. The fence in the d’oeuvres and a silent auction. The event back needs to be shored up to keep Jessie will help launch the Weminuche Wilderfrom stepping over it once the snow piles ness Stewardship Fund to support on-theup. Strangely, these are projects the whole ground stewardship projects, improved family enjoys tackling, especially with the management and trail access. promise of a Saturday night s’mores roast House music takes center stage at the (for Otto & Rosie) and a beer drinking sesACT at 9 p.m. Saturday with Posh Josh sion (for me) around the fire pit. and Fat Pee. Originally from New York Then again, Saturday has some other City and raised by jazz musician parents entertaining options on tap. during the disco and funk era, Josh came of Ray Bonneville is truly one of those age during the advent of electronic music artists who has flown below the mainand hip-hop. All of those influences come stream, at least in this country. The bluesthrough in his dirty house beat. man from Hull, Quebec, was shocked, Bluesman Ray Bonneville plays the latest Durango Nursery & Supply hosts their culturally speaking, when his French“Artists You Should Know” event at 7:30 p.m., annual Harvest Fest from 11 a.m. ‘til 4 speaking family moved to Boston. With- Saturday at the Concert Hall. p.m. Saturday. This one’s always a bringout speaking a word of English, the-family type of affair, with a free BBQ, Bonneville entered public school. After serving in the U.S. “Guess-the-Rock” weight contest, face-painting, candy scrambles, Marines during the Vietnam War, he began touring the country hay rides, a mini farmer’s market and live music from The Flat and absorbing various musical styles while opening for the likes Tire Blues Band. There will also be information on fall planting, of B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Dr. John. One place that particulate summer sales and more. larly shaped his style was New Orleans. His one-man, acoustic asDowntown Durango warms up with the fourth annual Downsault isn’t much different from Chris Smither, Kelly Joe Phelps or town Balloon Glow between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday (attena young Keb’ Mo,’ with elements of storytellers like Tony Joe dees are asked to arrive around 6 p.m. to view the impressive White, Mississippi John Hurt and J.J. Cale. Bonneville plays the inflation of balloons). Four “candlesticks” (the baskets with burnlatest Artists You Should Know event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the ers seen during the Snowdown Parade) will be on hand, giving atCommunity Concert Hall. At these concerts, the audience and tendees the opportunity to meet the balloon pilots and performer will be seated onstage, providing a unique, intimate experience the giant hot air balloons up close and personal. The experience. event serves as the kickoff to the Animas Valley Balloon The iAM Music Fest concert series continues at the 11th Rally later in the weekend.

Street Station from 5-9 p.m. Saturday. The event includes Head The Durango Uke Club presents Eagles Night from 6-8 p.m. for the Hills, Stillhouse Junkies, Let Them Roar, and Space BeMonday at Four Leaves Winery. Denise Leslie and her house band tween Shadows. H4TH, a Fort Collins jamgrass band, recently rewill tackle all the hits, including “Hotel California,” “Peaceful leased their new EP, “Say Your Mind.” With five albums under Easy Feeling, “Take it Easy” and “Tequila Sunrise.” their belts and 15 years of touring under their belts (including Elsewhere: Rockin’ Randy Crumbaugh plays at the Ska past energetic Durango shows at the Animas City Theatre and Brewing World Headquarters from 5-7 tonight; the Black Velvet opening for Leftover Salmon at the Concert Hall), they’ve built Trio returns to the Derailed Pour House at 7 p.m. Friday; and some momentum in the busy Colorado jam scene. Now a trio, award-winning songwriter Thom Chacon plays the Pine River H4TH includes guitarist Adam Kinghorn, violin player Joe Lessard Library in Bayfield at 7 p.m. Saturday. and bassist Matt Loewen. They’ve recently collaborated with And the trees are stripped bare? Email me at chrisa@gobrainstorm.net. n

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Thursday17 Baby Meetup with Durango Café au Play, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 2307 Columbine. 749-9607.

Drop-in Tennis, 4 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. Thursday Afternoon Social Club for veterans, their spouses and supporters, 4-6 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. Fruit Glean Happy Hour, hosted by Good Food Collective, 5-7 p.m., meet at Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. info@goodfoodcollective.org.

Randy Crumbaugh performs, 5-8 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Tim Sullivan performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Open House and Ribbon Cutting for New Thought for Inspirational Living, 5:30 p.m., Best Western Pagosa Lodge, Pagosa Springs. www.pagosanewthought.org.

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

Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. San Juan Mountain Jam & Silent Auction, benefit for the Weminuche Wilderness, 5:30-8 p.m., Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Grange Hall, 479 Main Ave. www.sjma.org.

Living Room Conversations: Money and Values, 5:45 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Stories Beyond Borders, hosted by Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center, 6 p.m., Durango Public Library.

4th annual Downtown Balloon Glow, kick off for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally, 6 p.m., 500 block of Main Avenue. www.animasvalleyballoonrally.com.

sign up, 7 p.m., show begins, 8 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. “The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful,” 7:30 p.m., show also runs Oct. 18-19, Main Stage Theatre, Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

Open Mic & Stand-Up, 8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Plursday featuring DJ Zirk, 9 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Friday18 Durango Early Bird Toastmasters, 7-8:30 a.m., LPEA, 45 Stewart St. 769-7615.

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

Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. STEAM Lab: Pinwheel Windmills, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Terry Rickard performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Sunny and the Whiskey Machine perform, 6-8 p.m., Durango Craft Spirits Tasting Room, 1120 Main Ave., Suite 2.

People We Know performs, 6-9 p.m., Chainless Brewing, 3000 Main Ave. Live music, 6-9 p.m., DJ Hakan 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

9th annual 10-Minute Play Festival, 7:30 p.m., show also runs Oct. 19 and 2 p.m., Oct. 20, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Brooks Williams performs, 7:30 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

Ghost Crawl Haunted Durango Train Museum Experience, 8:30-9:30 p.m., event also runs Oct. 25, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main Ave. www.durangotrain.com.

Liver Down the River performs with special guests High Country Hustle and Noodle, 8:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitythe atre.com.

Saturday19 Durango Mesa Pursuit, Colorado High School League MTB state championships, freshman and JV races start at 8:30 a.m., Durango Mesa.

Drop-in Tennis, 9 a.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. Durango Farmers Market, music from Space Between Shadows, 9 a.m.-noon, TBK Bank parking lot, W. 8th Street. www.durangofarmersmarket.com.

Durango Record Swap, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., VFW Hall, 1550 Main Ave. Henry Stoy performs, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Restaurant & Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave. VFW Indoor Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1550 Main Ave. Harvest Fest, featuring BBQ, face-painting, hay rides, music from the Flat Tire Blues Band and more, noon-4 p.m., Durango Nursery & Supply, 271 Kay Cee Lane. 2598800.

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

Terry Robb performs, part of the iAM Music Fest Concert Series, 5 p.m.-midnight, 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave. www.iammusicfest.com.

The Black Velvet Trio performs, 7 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave.

Mike Testa performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

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

Ecstatic Dance Pagosa, 7-9:15 p.m., New Thought for Inspirational Living in Pagosa Springs. www.pagosanewthought.org.

Game Night at the Rickhouse, 6-9 p.m., Durango Craft Spirits Tasting Room, 1120 Main Ave., Suite 2.

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

Ecstatic Dance with DJ Drty Hvn, 7-9:30 p.m., VFW Hall, 1550 Main Ave.

Open Mic Night, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave. Trivia Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio.

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Get REEL: climber’s film fest returns to the FLC Concert Hall

Ray Bonneville performs, part of the Artists You Should Know Series, 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

What: REEL ROCK Film Tour When: 7 p.m., Mon., Oct. 21 Where: Community Concert Hall at FLC Tickets: $20 at www.durangoconcerts.

Connect: Posh Josh performs with Fat Pee and Soul Atomic, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

tix.com It’s time to get chalked up – even if only in your mind – and send it for the 14th annual REEL ROCK Film Tour, one of the climbing world’s most anticipated annual events. This year’s slate brings three world premieres of vertical adventure to the big wall of the Community Concert Hall on Mon., Oct. 21. In “The High Road,” the powerful and bold Nina Williams tests herself on some of the highest, most difficult boulder problems ever climbed. In “United States of Joe’s,” climbers collide with a conservative coal mining community in rural Utah, to surprising results. And in “The Nose Speed Record,” legends Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold battle Yosemite dirtbags Jim Reynolds and Brad Gobright in a high-stakes race for greatness.

A more in-depth synopsis of the films follows: • The High Road (20 min.) - While the world’s best boulderers push standards close to the ground, Nina Williams sets her sights higher. She is among the only women who climb elite-level problems that are 30, 40,

DJ Side Affex, 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Sunday20 Durango Flea Market, 8:30 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds.

Durango Mesa Pursuit, Colorado High School League MTB state championships, sophomore and varsity races start at 8:30 a.m., Durango Mesa.

Veterans Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., Elks Club, 901 E. 2nd Ave. 946-4831.

Henry Stoy, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Restaurant & Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave. Traditional Irish Music Jam, 12:30-4 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. Blue Moon Ramblers, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Open Mic Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hermosa Coffee Roasters, 738 Main Ave. Joel Racheff performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

Monday21 Yoga Storytime, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Smiley Building Studio 10, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Watch Your Step class, 10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Reel Rock Film Tour, 7 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

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

Tuesday22 Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Drop-in Tennis, 4 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave.

even 50 feet tall – with no rope. In this profile of an emerging star athlete, Williams flexes her guns and tests her nerves well into the no-fall zone.

• The Nose Speed Record (55 min.)

- For decades, an elite handful of climbers have competed for the coveted speed record on the 3,000-foot Nose of El Capitan, risking big falls to shave mere seconds off the fastest time. When a record held by superstar Alex Honnold is broken by little-known climbers Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds, Honnold drafts fellow climbing legend Tommy Caldwell to establish a new mark that will stand the test of time. Honnold pushes for perfection while Caldwell, a family man, wrestles with the risk amid a series of accidents on the wall that lay bare the consequences of any mistake.

• “United States of Joe’s,” (20 min) - In rural Orangeville, Utah, a valley of world-class bouldering is nestled north of I-70, among a conservative community of Mormons, cowboys and coal miners. When a ragged band of punk rock climbers shows up, the two cultures inevitably clash. After years of antagonism, a group of climbers works with locals to build a more harmonious future. But in this divided era, is that even possible?

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation from Durango Airport’s Director of Aviation Tony Vicari, 6 p.m., Henry Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. 385-7899.

Animas Valley Oral History Project with Stephen Sellers from Animas High School and Ruth Lambert from San Juan Mountain Association, 6:30 p.m., Animas Valley Grange, 7271 CR 203.

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

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

IEP’s, Special Education and Advocacy, sponsored by the Arc of Southwest Colorado, 5-6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield. 903-2095.

Leah Orlikowski performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

Classic Movie Mondays: “3:10 to Yuma,” 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

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

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

Climber Beer Night with Marcus Garcia, 6 p.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave.

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

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AskRachel Interesting fact: The original patent for the toilet paper roll indeed shows it unspooling from the top, you monsters.

Dear Rachel, My wife and I are having a disagreement. I won’t tell you which of us is on which side, so you can stay unbiased. Here’s the debate: When company comes to visit, are you supposed to put out a fresh new roll of toilet paper, or can you let your guests start mid-way on the roll like normal human beings? At least we both agree that the roll should unspool from the top. I mean, we’re not monsters.

- TP’d Dear Non-monsters, If I gave out new rolls every time I had company, I’d have a collection of two or three unfinished rolls accumulating every year. No way, José. Can’t have that. You absolutely let your guests finish the roll themselves. I mean, if there’s less than a serving or two of TP left on the roll, swap it out. And whatever you and your hunny decide, provide your company easy access to replacement rolls. You don’t want to leave them high and dry (or worse, not dry).

– On a roll, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I’ve had it with holding babies. Every friend of mine with a newborn (and lately, it seems

like all my friends have newborns) thinks that I want to cradle it and coo over it. These same friends won’t let me drive their cars or trust me with feeding their cats, mind you. But they foist their 10-pound raisins on me every chance they get. How can I refuse their offer in a way they’ll actually listen to?

- It Ain’t Me, Baby Dear Pill, Best birth control there is, amirite? But people with new babies obviously failed at birth control. So now that they cannot socially disavow their mistake, they just want someone else to take it off their hands for five minutes, and they won’t take no for an answer. I recommend you start getting really, really clumsy. Drop whole bags of groceries. Trip over dogs. Run into door jams and crap like that. Get black eyes and start missing teeth. That ought to teach them real quick.

– Hold me baby, one more time, Rachel Dear Rachel, My iPhone just updated without my consent.

Security fixes? Please. It’s all an insidious plot to try forcing me to use new personalized emojis and Apple Pay. They took away my familiar habits! The way to use a cursor is totally different! And, my phone just informed me that it’s tracking my charging habits to improve blah blah blah it’s all Big Brother bull honky. Any advice for going back to the age of flip phones?

– Little Brother

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Works from Dina Herrmann, on display thru Dec. 7, Olio in Mancos. 533-1381.

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

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13th annual Economic Summit, hosted by the La Plata Economic Development Alliance, featuring theme of “Forward Together!” and keynote speaker Tim Kirkland, CEO of Renegade Hospitality Group, Sky Ute Casino Event Center in Ignacio. www.yeslpc.com.

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

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

Upcoming

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

Devo Halloween Bike Parade and Party, Oct. 24, 44:30 p.m., ride from Rec Center to the Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio; after party, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Powerhouse.

Loki Moon – Raw Experiments, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave.

Writers’ Workshop, 5 p.m., Oct. 24, Ignacio Community Library.

Durango Nordic Snowdance, featuring food, drinks, raffle and program information, 6-8 p.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave. durangonordic.org.

Durango Green Drinks, hosted by Great Old Broads for Wilderness & Conservation Colorado, 5-6:45 p.m., Oct. 24, Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave.

Pub Quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

“Winterland” the latest film from Teton Gravity Research to benefit Friends of the San Juans, 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.thesanjuans.org.

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

Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

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

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

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Meet the Author featuring Ayja Bounous and Zak Podmore, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. www.mariasbookshop.com.

Stephanie and Paolo perform, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.duran goconcerts.com.

Bluetech Holotrope with special guest Lapa, 9:30 p.m., Oct. 24, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.an imascitytheatre.com.

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Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com Dear Peepee Tom, Wow, I wrote “peepee” as the opposite of “peeper.”

You know, the one who gets peeped upon by a peeping Tom. Because your phone is spying on you? But it doesn’t read like that at all. Anyway. Stop railing against technological progress. Just sit back and let others decide what’s best for you. I guarantee someone griped about toilet paper because it wasn’t oak leaves.

– All peepee hearted, Rachel

The Met: Live in HD, featuring Massenet’s “Manon,” 10:55 a.m., Oct. 26, Student Union at Fort Lewis College, Vallecito Room. www.durangoconcerts.com.

Three Springs Fall Festival, trick-or-treating, music, games, pumpkin patch and more, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 26, Three Springs Plaza. 764-6000.

“Shadows of the ’60s – A Tribute to Motown,” 8 p.m., Oct. 26, Sky Ute CasinoResort. www.skyutecasino.com.

Tubby Love & Amber Lily perform, 9 p.m., Oct. 26, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animasci tytheatre.com.

“It Was There All Along,” handmade books and photography by Frank Hamrick, exhibit opens Oct. 29, upstairs Art Library at Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.du rangoarts.org.

Assistive Technology/Low Vision Expo, Oct. 29, Durango Public Library. www.swindependence.org.

An Evening with David Sedaris, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.duran goconcerts.com.

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

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

FreeWillAstrology

by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently,” wrote Aries psychologist James Hillman. I agree. And that’s very good news for you Aries people.

In my view, you are more attracted to and excited by fresh ideas than any other sign of the zodiac. That’s why you have the potential to become master initiators of transformation. One of my favorite types of plot twists in your life story occurs when you seek out fresh ideas and initiate transformations not only in your own behalf, but also for those you care about. I bet the coming weeks will bring at least one of those plot twists.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Metaphorically speaking, Taurus, you are now crossing a bridge. Behind you is the intriguing past; in front of you, the even more intriguing future. You can still decide to return to where you came from. Or else you could pick up your pace and race ahead at twice the speed. You might even make the choice to linger on the bridge for a while; to survey the vast vistas that are visible and contemplate more leisurely the transition you’re making. Only you know what’s best for you, of course. But if you asked me, I’d be in favor of lingering on the bridge for a while.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I invite you to try this exercise.

Imagine that one springtime you grow a garden filled with flowers that rabbits like to nibble: petunias, marigolds, gazanias, and pansies. This is a place whose only purpose is to give gifts to a wild, sweet part of nature. It’s blithely impractical. You do it for your own senseless, secret joy. It appeals to the dreamy lover of life in you.

Got all that, Leo? Now, in accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you actually try to fulfill a fantasy comparable to that one in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My Virgo friend Lola got a text message from her Scorpio buddy Tanya. “Why don’t you come over and chill with me and my demons? It’ll be entertaining, I promise! My inner jerks are howlingly funny tonight.” Here’s what Lola texted back: “Thanks but no thanks, sweetie. I’ve been making big breakthroughs with my own demons – giving them the attention they crave without caving in to their outrageous demands – and for now I need to work on stabilizing our new relationship. I can’t risk bringing extra demons into the mix.” I suspect this is an accurate description of what could be happening for you, Virgo.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As I write this, I’m sitting in a café near two women at another table. One sports a gold cashmere headscarf and pentagram necklace. The other wears a dark blue pantsuit and a silver broach that’s the glyph for Gemini the Twins. HeadScarf shuffles a deck of Tarot cards and asks PantSuit what she’d like to find out during the divination she is about to receive. “I would very much like you to tell me what I really really want,” PantSuit says with a chuckle. “I’m sure that once I find out that big secret, I’ll be able to accomplish wonders.” I hope the rest of you Geminis will be on a similar mission in the coming weeks. Do whatever it takes to get very clear about what you want most.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In ancient holy texts from India, soma was said to be a drink that enhanced awareness and alertness. According to modern scholars, it may have been a blend of poppy, ephedra and cannabis. In Norse mythology, the beverage called the Mead of Suttungr conferred poetic inspiration and the ability to solve any riddle.

One of its ingredients was honey. In Slavic folklore, raskovnik is an herb with the magic power to unlock what’s locked and uncover hidden treasures. It’s not a fourleaf clover but resembles it. I invite you Libras to fantasize about using these three marvels. To do so will potentize your imagination, thereby boosting the cosmic forces that will be working in your favor to enhance your awareness, confer inspiration, solve riddles, unlock what’s locked and find hidden treasures.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was meandering through an Athenian marketplace, gazing at the appealing and expensive items for sale. “How many things there are in this world that I do not want,” he exclaimed with satisfaction. I recommend you cultivate that liberated attitude. Now is a perfect time to celebrate the fact that there are countless treasures and pleasures you don’t need in order to be charmed and cheerful about your life.

For extra credit, add this nuance from Henry David Thoreau: People are rich in proportion to the number of things they can afford to let alone.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was a visionary genius in numerous fields, including architecture, design, engineering and futurism. In the course of earning 40 honorary doctorates, he traveled widely. It was his custom to wear three watches, each set to a different time: one to the zone where he currently was, another to where he had recently departed, and a third to where he would journey next. “I know that I am not a category,” he wrote. “I am not a thing – a noun. I seem to be a verb.” I recommend his approach to you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Be a verb! Allow

your identity to be fluid, your plans adjustable, your ideas subject to constant revision.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): “Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place,” actress Tilda Swinton said. How about you, Sagittarius?

What reminds you that you have a soul in the first place? Beloved animals? Favorite music? A stroll amidst natural wonders?

Unpredictable, fascinating sexual experiences? The vivid and mysterious dreams you have at night? Whatever stimuli bring you into visceral communion with your soul, I urge you to seek them out in abundance. It’s Soul-Cherishing and Soul-Enhancing Time for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to arrange a series of high-level meetings between your body, mind, and soul. You might even consider staging an extravagant conference-like festival and festival-like conference. The astrological omens suggest that your body, mind and soul are now primed to reveal choice secrets and tips to each other. They are all more willing and eager than usual to come up with productive new synergies that will enable each to function with more panache and effectiveness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I believe in inhabiting contradictions,” Aquarian author and activist Angela Davis said. “I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or choosing both.” I think Davis’s approach will work well for you in the coming weeks. It’s not just that the contradictions will be tolerable; they will be downright fertile, generous and beneficent. So welcome them; honor them; allow them to bless you with their tricky opportunities and unexpected solutions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean pianist Frédéric Chopin (1801–49) was a poetic genius whose music was full of sweetness and grace.

“Without equal in his generation,” said more than one critic. Today, more than 170 years after his death, his work remains popular. Recently an Italian sound designer named Remo de Vico created an original new Chopin piece that featured all 21 of the master’s piano nocturnes being played simultaneously. (You can hear it here: tinyurl.com/NewChopin.) As you might imagine, it’s a gorgeous mess, too crammed with notes to truly be enjoyable, but interesting nevertheless. I’ll counsel you to avoid a similar fate in the coming weeks, Pisces. It’s fine to be extravagant and expansive and mulitfaceted; just don’t overdo it.

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Deadline for Telegraph classified ads is Tuesday at noon.

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Himalayan Kitchen 992 Main Ave., 970-259-0956, www.himkitchen.com. Bringing you a taste of Nepal, Tibet & India. Try our allyou-can-eat lunch buffet. The dinner menu offers a variety of tempting choices, including yak, lamb, chicken, beef & seafood; extensive veggies; freshly baked bread. Full bar. Get your lunch punch card – 10th lunch free. Hours: Lunch, 11am-2:30 p.m. & dinner, Sun. Thurs., 5-9:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. ‘til 10 p.m.

Closed 2:30 - 5, daily.

pany in Durango, CO, is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of Sales and Event Manager. This individual should be quick thinking, self-motivated, organized, and comfortable under pressure. Experience with Word/Microsoft Office/e-mail a plus, as well as experience in the hospitality industry. Please forward cover letter and resume to info@duran gopartyrental.com Attn: Jon Busy Clock Shop Needs part-time help. Strong mechanical ability a must. Call Robert, 247-7729.

Hiring for a Variety of Positions MUNIRevs is a rapidly growing Software-as-a-Service platform that automates the collection of sales and lodging tax payments for businesses. In addition to the tax and licensing system, MUNIRevs also offers LODGINGRevs, a vacation rental compliance software. Currently hiring for a variety of positions. Visit www.munirevs.com/job-opportunities for full job descriptions.

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Harmony House Music Lessons private or group for all styles and levels of play. Guitar mainly, but also bass, mandolin, banjo, uke and other folk instruments. Terry and Richard offer 25 years experience teaching in Durango.

Our studio is at 570 Turner Dr., Unit C in Bodo Park. Call Terry at (970) 903-8738 or Richard at (970) 749-6854.

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

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Radon Testing & Mitigation Fall radon test sale $20 off! Adaptive Solutions is nationally certified (NRPP 110544-RMT) and insured. 970.903.6642

Sales and Events Manager Durango Party Rental, a well established wedding and event rental com-

Classes/Workshops

Sat. 9-1 32nd & Holly antiques, HH, furn., maxiclimber & 8 shelves, wood & plastic.

Have You Done Fire Mitigation in 2019?

Did you know there is a 100% tax credit available for 2019? Call BPX Durango Inc, a tax preparation service for more details 970-749-6063

HelpWanted

Marketing Small and Local Businesses Media, social media, website content, SEO, etc. for small, local, independent or startup businesses. Email jnderge@gmail.com

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

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

Housekeeper and More Professional housekeeper for your home, Airbnb, VRBO or rental. Concierge services, incidental property management, home/pet sitter. 541-999.2830.

House/Pet Sitting Experienced, reliable, excellent ref.

Lisa 970-903-5396

Lowest Prices on Storage!

Inside/outside near Durango and Bayfield, RJ Mini Storage. 970-259-3494 Harmony Organizing and Cleaning Services Home and office 970-403-6192

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CEU Workshop for Massage Therapist Masteringtouch.com is offering a 16 hr continuing education workshop. Become a master at your trade. Nov 9-10th in Durango. Go to website to sign up.

Fall in Love With Massage!

30, 60 & 90 min Meg Bush, LMT 970759-0199 massageintervention.life Voted best massage in Durango 201819. Couples, cupping, local CBD. Reviews on FB + Yelp. 970-903-2984 Massage with Kathryn 20+ years experience offering a fusion of esalen style, deep tissue massage with therapeutic stretching & Acutonics. New clients receive $5 off first session. To schedule appt. call 970-201-3373.

HaikuMovieReview ‘El Camino’ At long last, we get to see whatever happened to Jesse Pinkman – Lainie Maxson

ForSale Woodworking Business Instant self employment, original cutting board designs, 13” Delta band saw, Delta floor mount drill press, 3 sanders, heavy duty wood vise, shop vac $850.

970-533-7943, calls only please 2012 Honda Fit One owner, high mileage but runs great, fun & reliable. $3,500 970-2591475 Reruns Home Furnishings Storewide sales in both stores! Storage bench, writing desk, Pottery Barn storage chests, Pier One night stands. Cool glassware & dishes. FLC discount. New great stuff and daily markdowns. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

ForRent House for Rent Great Location 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, quiet dead-end street. 2 car garage with storage. Big kitchen and living area. Laundry room.

Beautiful view $1700/ month. Call 610740-4567. Avail. Nov. 1.

RealEstate DT Office For Rent Beautiful office in historic DT building.

Hardwood floors, charming interior and lobby. Elevator in building. $450 all included. You will not find an office of this size at this price anywhere DT. 1st month deposit required. Call 9704035057 to see.

Radon Services Free radon testing and consultation.

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

CommunityService Snowdown 2020 Host Submission Deadline – Oct. 31 The deadline for Snowdown Event Submissions to get it in the official Rockin’ Snowdown 2020 Schedule of Events is Oct 31. So, if you are intending to host a Snowdown Event and would like it to be included in the Schedule of Events; you must complete and submit your Events Form by Oct. 31 (yes, that’s Halloween). Event Forms are available at: www.snowdown.org.

Please direct any questions to Linda Brockway, events@snowdown.org 970-422-2045.

2019 NICA State Championships Durango DEVO is hosting the Camping for the CO. State Championships as a fundraiser. Please volunteer to help! Durango DEVO has been given the opportunity host 50 campsites, at the race venue, to rent out as a fundraiser for Durango DEVO during the CO League State Championships. We need volunteers to make this fundraiser successful. Race weekends are inspiring, fun, and rewarding! Experience firsthand the energetic buzz of the Colorado League community of coaches, riders, and families while supporting the Durango student-athletes. Thank you for signing up to help Durango DEVO host Colorado High School League athletes for the State Championships. Volunteers needed for the CO High School State Championships! As Devo is hosting this

year’s High School State Champs on Oct 17-20, we are in charge of running the onsite campground. Please sign up for a short 1-2hr slot! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0448a5ae2ca6fd0-20191 National Rural Electric Coop Association’s Youth Tour June 17-25 High school juniors can now apply for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2020 National Youth Tour Conference in Washington, D.C., June 17-25.

The Youth Tour allows students to learn about the coop business model, visit historic monuments and memorials, tour museums, meet elected officials and more.

LPEA will sponsor five local students to join the Colorado delegation of about 45 students. More than 1,900 students from 45 states are expected to participate. To apply, complete a 2020 Youth Tour application, along with a 500-1,000-word composition on the topic, “My Favorite Cooperative Principle.” Applications are available at www.lpea.coop. Deadline is Fri., Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. For more info, (970) 382-3511 or ltucker@lpea.coop.

Music in the Mountains Announces Music Lesson Scholarships Applications are now available for the 2020 Music in the Mountains Private Lesson Scholarships for students K-12 in Durango and the surrounding areas.

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private music lessons. Students must show interest toward a particular instrument and a desire to increase their musical knowledge. Financial need is important but it is not the only criterion. Applications available at www.MusicintheMountains.com, ask your music teacher, visit Bank of Colorado on Main Avenue, or call Music in the Mountains at 970-385-6820 for more info.

Applications must be submitted by Nov. 14.

Nonprofit Seeks Volunteers for High School Exchange ASSE International, a nonprofit student exchange program, is seeking volunteers to serve as Area Representatives. ASSE offers qualified students from around the world, between the age of 15-18, the opportunity to spend a high school year or semester in the United States with a host family. The opportunity to study abroad and live with a host family is also offered to American high school students between 15-18. For more info, call 800-733-2773, visit us online at www.asse.com, or email asseusawest@asse.com.

Southwest Colorado Multiple Sclerosis Society is excited to announce it has re-activated and is welcoming new members from across La Plata, Montezuma, Archuleta, Dolores and San Juan counties. Anyone living with MS or caregivers of those diagnosed with MS are encouraged to join. Support services include: monthly community meeting, weekly exercise group in Durango, financial assistance

grants, and scholarships for outdoor and healthy living programs. Scholarships are available to anyone in SW CO with MS, regardless of income. Apply online at: www.sw cmss.org Colorado Watershed Assembly Releases Request for Applications for the Colorado Healthy Rivers (HRF) Fund Grant Program. This fund grants money to on-the-ground projects that contribute to cleaner water, healthier wildlife habitat, improved recreation and vibrant local economies. It targets two categories of grants: project grants and planning grants.

Average grant awards range from $5,000 to $20,000. Interested parties can find grant guidance info, the submission online form and learn more about the Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund Grant Program by visiting the Colorado Watershed Assembly website at www.coloradowater.org/colorado-healthyrivers-fund-1. The deadline to submit applications is Nov. 8.

Alternative Horizons, a local nonprofit that supports survivors of domestic violence, is looking for volunteer advocates, including those who are bilingual, to staff their 24-Hour hotline. Their next upcoming training is October 234rd and 24th. To learn more on how to become a volunteer call 970-247-4374. If you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic violence please call our free and confidential 24-Hour hotline at 970-247- 9619.

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