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Local calling

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Bhotia benefit serves up opportunity in Nepal p8

Craig Childs’ latest one goes out to the desert rats p14

When in doubt, just add grease and bacon p16

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4 La Vida Local

A higher calling Bhotia Foundation hosts fundraiser to benefit Nepalese people

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by Tracy Chamberlin

5 Word on the Street

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The new deal

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Utah’s Brian Head latest addition to Purgatory quiver

by Missy Votel

12-13 Day in the Life

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Water world

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18 On the Town 20 Ask Rachel

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21 Free Will Astrology

One for the locals Craig Childs’ latest, Virga and Bone, aimed at the desert rat in us all

by Zach Hively

On the cover: A mural, part of the Painted Desert Project, greets passing vehicles along a barren stretch of the Arizona desert./ Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Getting fried When it comes to getting your veggies, just add grease and bacon

by Ari LeVaux

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ADVERTISING AFICIONADO: Lainie Maxson (lainie@durangotelegraph.com)

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Online gear juggernaut Backcountry. com has gotten the goat of the outdoorsy crowd. It seems over the last several months, Backcountry’s legal team has been busy sending cease and desists to companies using “backcountry” in their names. Companies facing legal action include Backcountry Denim; Backcountry Babes, a female avalanche training course; and Backcountry e-bikes, among others.

The news is not sitting well with folks who see the generic term as part of the public domain.

“Nobody should have the right to the term ‘backcountry,’” Backcountry Denim owner Jordan Phillips, who launched his company in 2017, told the Colorado Sun’s Jason Blevins, who broke the story. “It’s like trying to trademark ‘road’ or ‘beach’ or ‘mountain.’”

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EDITORIALISTA: Missy Votel (missy@durangotelegraph.com)

Ear to the ground: “What do you mean? A dresser?”

“No – an undresser.”

– A confusing multi-generational discussion about Chippendales

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friend or dog, we will accept full responsibility in a public flogging in the following week’s issue.

Although “free but not easy,” we can be plied with shwag, booze and flattery.

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® According to Blevins’ report, a year ago Back country.com filed for trademarks protecting the word “backcountry” in preparation for launching its own goat-branded line of gear, including jackets, skis and apparel. Founded by ski bums in 1996 in Park City, the e-retailer was bought out in 2015 by private equity firm TSG Partners. Co-founder Jim Holland continues to own a stake in the company. According to the Sun, Backcountry deployed IPLA Legal Advisors, the nation’s largest trademark law firm, in four lawsuits this year. However, court files show Backcountry has been suing folks over the name for far longer, with dozens of lawsuits filed over the last several years with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office.

Of course, local minds may be wondering what this could mean for the venerable downtown institution Backcountry Experience, which has been in business for at least as long as this writer’s lived here (23 years, making it roughly the same age as Backcountry.com.)

Owner Ben Rockis was on the road Wednesday returning from a trade show, but the employee (who we will call “Michael,” because that’s his name) said this was the first he had heard of the fracas. “But it sounds pretty ridiculous,” he added.

Backcountry.com declined to comment for Blevins story but said an official statement would be forthcoming.

In the meantime, Facebook nation is not taking the affront sitting in their camp chairs. No sooner had word made the rounds at the fire ring then BoycottBackcountryDOTcom launched. Started by Aaron Mattons, of Anchorage, the group was 10,000 members strong as of Wednesday.

“Trademarking ‘backcountry’ is like trademarking ‘camping’ or ‘mountains.’ No one should own or enforce the trademark to it,” Mattons posted. “It belongs to the community … (It) would be resounding victory for the outdoor community to stop them and show that the outdoor consumer won’t tolerate corporate bullies.”

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LaVidaLocal Paying for sex I recently visited a health clinic. Never mind why. Thank goodness I had an appointment. That cut the wait to only 2½ hours. I was just waking up after the second time I dozed off when a young woman in a lab coat called my name.

“This way,” she said. I was a little groggy but it seemed likely she worked there, so I followed her into an exam room. “We’ll need to answer some questions.” Age, height, weight, she went down the list. I was reeling off my measurements when she threw me a curve. “What age did you first have sex?” That woke me up.

“Pardon?”

“Sex. How old the first time?”

This seemed a little impertinent, but I decided to play along. “Well, my generation the motto was, ‘Drugs, sex, rock and roll.’” Deep breath. “There were lots of drugs and rock and roll.” I waited. She looked at me. “Lots and lots of drugs and rock and roll.” I tried a little laugh.

It sounded more like a squeak.

“So ... ?” she continued. I told her. I think I saw a little smirk. She ticked something off her list. “How many sexual partners have you had?”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

She flipped a page on her clipboard. “You are here for ... tests?”

“Still … ,” I protested.

“It’s important. Don't worry we've had people with dozens of partners.”

“Dozens?”

“Oh, yes. Sometimes more than dozens.”

“There’s more than dozens?”

She nodded. “Sometimes dozens and dozens.”

I opened my mouth but nothing came out.

She gave a little shrug. “There's nothing to be ashamed of.”

“That's not why I'm ashamed.”

“And the number ... ?”

I told her. This time it was a little shake of the head.

“Have you ever paid for sex?”

“Excuse me?”

“Have you ever paid for sex? We need to know that.”

“Listen, missy, I'm an aging male trying to date women in America. You pay for sex alright. You always pay for sex. You pay and pay and pay for sex. Sometimes, months later, they make you pay again. Do you pay for sex? What a dumb question.” This time she scribbled longer than seemed necessary.

“Do you practice unprotected sex?”

“Say what?”

“Unprotected sex. Sex without a condom.”

“Who does that?”

She blinked. “I'll put ‘No.’”

“Are we about done?” I asked.

“I need to ask about your sexual practices.”

“With me it’s mostly practice. Practice, practice, practice. I’m on the practice squad. If they ever bring me up, it’s for one game only. Then they send me right back down.”

“We need to know the gender of your partners. Male or female,” she asked.

“Look here … ,” I practically spluttered.

“I’ll be asking where and what with which part.”

“Part?” I said.

“Of the anatomy. What you do and have done to you. Are you pitching or catching?” She arched her eyebrows. “It’s all perfectly normal, right?” She’s sitting there smiling, all chummy, like I’m part of the team.

“Sheeesh … Can I ask you the same questions?”

“What??!!! Absolutely not! That would be highly inappropriate.” Now she’s got a tone.

“Inappropriate? You want to talk about inappropriate? My sex life would be inappropriate for a dung beetle. Not exactly batting a thousand here.”

“About your partners … .”

“Is it hot in here?”

“Just a few more minutes and we’ll have you in an exam gown. Your partners?” She searched my face, her pencil poised, ready.

“Exam gown?” I asked.

She nodded. “Oh, yes,” she said, “A thorough exam.”

“OK! OK! Twice is all we did it. Three times maybe. Well, once messing around in the car. This was last year, right? And I’m still hearing what a jerk I am. She’s the one broke it off. Then totally cut me off. Zilch, nada, nothing. Which would be OK, I guess, if she’d ever turn loose of it. But does she get over it? Oh, no. What does she want from me? When is my debt going to be up? Plus, not to mention, now I’m in here. You want to know if I pay for sex?”

“Mr. Becay, please.”

After a minute I calmed. I took a few more ragged breaths. I may have stifled a sob. “Let’s get it over with.”

We got through it. I noticed she wasn’t making eye contact anymore.

Finally, she uttered the words I was longing to hear. “That about wraps it up.”

“My sexual history is pretty sad,” I offered.

“Well, history is written by the winners. There’s your gown. The doctor will be in in a minute.”

“Uh,” I ventured. She stopped, one hand on the door knob. “I’ve got two tickets for the Charity Ball Saturday evening … ?”

This time it wasn’t a smirk, it was a sneer. And it wasn’t little. Clinics can be so humiliating.

– jon van becay

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

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Ban Wagon A win for bookworms and lovers of the written word, with voters approving funding measures for both the Southwest La Plata County and Pine River library districts in this week’s election

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President Trump formally withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord, under which nearly 200 nations have pledged to cut greenhouse emissions and help poor countries cope with effects of an already-warming planet

A nearly 40 percent drop in the suicide rate for La Plata County so far this year, down from 13 deaths in 2018, and 19 in 2017, according to the state health department and county coroner

Fire season extending into November in Southwest Colorado, with fires popping up in Durango, Cortez and near Missionary Ridge this week

The U.S. House of Representatives passing a bill to protect Chaco Canyon’s historical and sacred sites from oil and gas leasing

The death of New Mexico hip hop artist and activist Wake Self, aka Anthony Martinez, an outspoken opponent of drunk driving who was killed, tragically, by a drunk driver with two previous DWIs

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You might not’ve noticed, but Facebook updated its community standards last month to include a ban on the eggplant, peach and water drip emojis, but only if they’re used in a sexual manner (which is about 100 percent of the time). In a statement, the tech giant said the “suggestive” emojis were being banned because they equate to “sexual solicitation,” and that posts using the emojis inappropriately will be subject to removal. However, just to be clear, Russian election interference and false news stories are still perfectly acceptable.

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“Little Steps.”

With November officially

named Durango Theater Month, the Telegraph asked, “What would the play based on your life be called?”

Ellen Southworth

“To the Wild.”

Robin Harms

“One Life."

Mary Beth France

“Wonky Knees.”

“Better With No Direction.”

Spencer Hodapp

Tory Latham

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Is 5G worth the risks?

To the editor, Would our community allow placement of a 5G small cell, without questioning the consequences to public health? 5G wireless technology is an infrastructure that requires placing cellular transmitters every few hundred feet (two -10 homes). Attached to utility poles, as little as 10 feet from homes and public areas, these transmitters will emit the earlier generations (2-4G) and a different frequency (millimeter waves) not tested for safety or environmental impacts. It’s unconscionable that communities are legally barred, according to Section 704 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, from refusing installations due to health concerns. Recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a 2B Carcinogen (wireless, DDT, lead paint), a neurotoxin and genotoxin, this new 5G was actually weaponized by our military for crowd-control purposes. Through the enforcement of the Telecom Act, the FCC is mandating our exposure to these toxins.

In 1994, two years before the Telecom Act was passed, the U.S. Air Force published a report titled, “Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation Biological Effects and Safety Standards: A Review” at Griffiss Air Force Base in New York.

It was released to the public in 2014. Conclusion: “Experimental evidence has shown that exposure to low intensity radiation has profound effects on biological processes … Nonthermal disruptions have been observed to occur at power densities that are lower than necessary to induce thermal effects.”

The Federal Communications Commission Board, those making decisions as to what is safe, is comprised of no scientists or medical experts. The FCC guidelines that warranted change following this report in the 1990s, that only protected us “thermally,” are still in effect today.

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We are now more than 1 million times higher than exposure limits set out in the 2012 Bioinitiative Report.

Consequently, “People’s Initiative,” represented by a

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law firm in New York and Erin Brockovich’s firm (California), are suing the FCC and the Telecom Act. These law firms do not handle cases they’ll lose. Could this put4

the City of Durango at financial risk, should these lawsuits prevail? Can Durango afford the risks of 5G? To learn more, follow @DurangoForSafeTechnology on Facebook.

– Deborah Shisler, Durango

Singing a different song To the editor, Jesse Anderson’s unique take on the bestest (Telegraph, Oct. 17, 2019) is a classic, laugh-out-loud journalists’ delight. I felt it was a creative blast of enjoyment and totally unique.

Maybe there is a coal mist from the purple mountain majesty in Colorado because the same day as reading Jesse’s hilarious article, I walked behind a lovely brave lady singing a love song. It was about freedom, and I suggest we all start singing sweet songs of gratitude as we walk along our streets and trails of America.

– Veryl Rosenbaum, Ignacio

Defending final end to prohibition To the editor, By ballot initiative known as Amendment 64, Colorado began legal sales of marijuana on Jan. 1, 2014. As a result, the dispensary and its emblematic green cross are now refuge for the suffering where traditional pharmacological medicines could not palpitate. From thousands of miles away, people came to escape the harsh and repressive state legislatures of their origin. The science of marijuana, once confined to wall-less jails and quarantined with dangerous schedule I drugs, has been freed. But no economic measure being that of revenue or tax could greater sum the aggregate of persons now able to live functional lives with medical marijuana.

The State with recent passage of HB 19 1230 grants the privilege now to consume marijuana in the most common of places. The places where people freely exer-

cise their most fundamental Constitutional rights with each other. The places of hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and leisure and the places providing medical and psychiatric care. The common nexus of all these places: a sense of belonging and affirmation that life’s adversities need not be taken alone. Vulnerabilities we all share are best absorbed by an exercise of human mutuality and that expression mustn’t deny legal and safe consumption of marijuana in the commonality of others and in the commonality of places without judgement, without prosecution and without stigmatization. The virtue is mercy, the right is freedom and the protection above all else is equal.

– Jaime McMillan, Durango

Better health care that costs less To the editor, Debate moderators and rival candidates constantly try to lure Democratic president hopeful Elizabeth Warren into a political trap, pushing her to say she’ll raise taxes to pay for universal health care. Thirty seconds isn’t enough time for a cogent response.

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently estimated that families making $100,000 annually spend 13 percent of their income on health care. That’s on top of what their employers contribute on their behalf. For some large companies, about 20 percent of payroll costs goes toward financing employee health plans.

The fear mongering comment that Medicare for All (MFA) means “higher taxes for middle-income families” ignores that payment for health care premiums, co-pays and deductibles isn’t already coming out of American families’ pockets. Under Obamacare, the poor pay a larger share of their income for health care than the affluent.

Bernie Sanders’ M4A bill outlines only one potential funding source that may affect middle-income households: A 4 percent tax on families (exempting the first $29,000 of income).

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The other funding sources affect only those making greater than $250,000 and million dollar-plus businesses. These proposed M4A payroll taxes are designed to exempt small businesses and low-income workers, while leaning more heavily on the high end of the pay scale. None of this would increase the burden on lowor middle-income earners.

Workers would “replace” their under-valued employerbased health insurance with improved, comprehensive coverage for everyone. Current Medicare recipients would see a simplified system with improved coverage. No denying claims, no surprise medical bills, no medically related bankruptcies, no exclusion for pre-existing conditions and no profits diverted to the top 1 percent.

Taxpayers currently foot the bill for nearly two-thirds of America’s health-care spending including Medicare, Medicaid, veteran care and corporate subsidies, plus coverage for congressional members and families, with taxpayers covering 72 percent of lawmakers’ premiums.

Economists across the political spectrum estimate that total health-care spending under an efficient single-payer, universal Medicare system would save $39 trillion over the next decade.

Our current spending under the ACA is projected to be $45 trillion over the next decade. Apples to apples, a savings of about $6 trillion over the next decade using M4A. Of course, every bill goes through a rigorous overhaul before being enacted into law. Which is why we must elect officials who are truly committed to the welfare of their constituents instead of wealthy special interest groups.

Fifty years after we put men on the moon, we clearly should be able to create a workable universal health-care system. All the globe’s other major countries have done it, and 10 countries have healthier outcomes than the U.S. A universal health-care system can contribute to social solidarity and national pride. Something that is sorely absent today in America. Doesn’t it make sense to pay less for better care?

– Jan Phillips, Healthcare Durango

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Higher ground Durango nonprofit serves up opportunity, education in remote villages of Nepal

by Tracy Chamberlin

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arma and Jyamu did not get a hot lunch, or any food at all, when they went to school. “I was 11 years old, Jyamu was 12 years old when we moved to school,” Karma Bhotia, who founded the nonprofit Bhotia Foundation with his wife Jyamu, said. “We don’t have money, we don’t have family, we don’t have parents and we don’t have enough to eat. We just pretend we are not hungry.”

That’s why they started a hot lunch program through the foundation in 2014. They know how much it means.

Not only can students stay healthy and focused in the classroom, it serves as a kind of beacon. Mothers who know their children will be fed while they’re at school are more likely to send them to school.

Last year, the foundation was able to serve a hot lunch to 850 students in the remote villages of Nepal. And, just one ticket to the foundation’s upcoming fundraiser – “An Evening in the Himalayas,” from 5:30-8 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 14, at the Durango Arts Center – will cover the cost of a hot lunch for one student for an entire year.

Karma and Jyamu grew up in Chyamtang, a farming

During their recent trip to Nepal, Jyamu, pictured left, and Karma Bhotia, pictured right, were able to expand their hot lunch program to students in the village of Sibrung, pictured above. When the Bhotias return to Nepal this April, they plan to expand the hot lunch program to another village just south of the Tibetan boarder called Ridak, making it the eighth village to be included./ All photos by Julie Korb

JusttheFacts What: An Evening in the Himalayas, fundraiser for the Bhotia Foundation When: Thurs., Nov. 14, food and social time 5:30-6:30 p.m.; singing bowl, stories and more 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. More info.: www.bhotiafoundation.org. Tickets are $50 per person in advance or $65 at the door. Kids 12 and under can – and are encouraged to – attend for free. community in the northeastern mountains of Nepal. Even though the two didn’t have money or a hot lunch, they considered themselves fortunate to go to school and get an education. It changed their lives.

That’s why they work hard to make that opportunity available to others.

One of the first things they did after founding the Bhotia Foundation in 2014 was to build a library in Chyamtang, and the hot lunch program soon followed.

Each time the couple returns to Nepal, they take donations – like toothbrushes, soccer balls, eyeglasses and more – but both Karma and Jyamu know it’s not enough to offer supplies. It’s the education and knowledge that is the catalyst for change.

The heart of the home In most homes in the remote villages of Nepal, Karma explained, a campfire burns in the center of the house. It’s been a part of the culture for more than a thousand years, serving not just as a heat source but a direct, spiritual connection to the flame.

The smoke rises up and collects inside, covering everything with a thick black blanket of soot and ash – including the lungs, noses and throats of the people who live there.

When the children living in the home cough and cough, day after day, with mucus constantly running from their noses, no one in the village makes the connection that it

might be the smoke. The same flames they believe are protecting the home and the people inside are, in fact, doing just the opposite.

“It’s a part of the culture,” Julie Korb, professor of biology at Fort Lewis College, said. She, along with her family, Karma, Jyamu and others, visited Nepal this past spring.

During that visit, they were able to convince two families (both related to the porters who were on the trek) to remove the fire pits in their homes and install stoves.

After just a few days, the mom of one of the porters noticed her eyes stopped burning. She coughed less often. She also noticed she used far less firewood. 4

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The smoke can be the start of a long list of health problems, including illnesses like bronchitis, asthma or even pneumonia.

“It’s a small change, but it has a huge impact,” Korb said.

Since it can take three to four days to get help or medicine from towns or cities like Katmandu, some people never quite recover and others have even died.

Karma explained this is why it’s important to educate the people. It’s a fine line to navigate between honoring the traditions of the past while improving conditions for the future, but there is room for both.

“There are many things they can preserve, they should preserve,” he said. “The smoke system they must change.

That is the number one.”

Eye of the beholder What people in Nepal need is eyeglasses or reading glasses. Whether it’s mending clothes or removing a splinter, the ability to see clearly is a game-changer for people living in the remote mountain villages of Nepal. Like villagers in Hatiya, pictured left, where Jyamu Bhotia handed out glasses to a group of locals.

The Bhotia Foundation is asking anyone who has an old pair of eyeglasses of any kind to bring them to the Nov. 14 fundraiser or drop them off at Dancing Willow Herbs, Good Karma or Dreams of Tibet.

Lessons learned In Nepal, Karma explained, information is like a commodity. Not only is it not shared among neighbors, it’s not even passed down between family members.

When it comes to women, for example, they do not talk about health concerns with anyone. Not even each other.

Mothers do not share with daughters. Sisters do not share with sisters. The women keep everything – including questions or experiences about sexuality, pregnancy or menstruation – to themselves.

So, it was one of the group’s goals on their recent trip to host women’s group discussions. In six villages along the journey, they were able to share some advice and techniques specific to women’s health.

But, what might have been even more important was that they showed them how to talk to each other.

“The more they can communicate with each other, the more they can learn,” Deb Swanson, owner of Dancing Willow Herbs, who was also on the trek, said.

As a clinical herbalist, Swanson was a wealth of knowledge for the people she met in Nepal. She brought herbs, teas and recipes to share. She also tried to share some of her experiences, so they could learn about how to help themselves.

The region is rich with local plant life and herbs, Swanson explained, but there is no local healer, no apothecary and no sharing of information.

People do not keep journals or records to build upon previous knowledge. They learn by seeing what has always been done and continuing to do so.

It’s one of the obstacles Karma and Jyamu face – trying to get people within the community to share what they’ve learned.

“They don’t know how they can improve,” he added.

“It’s always kept the same.”

What Karma and Jyamu are trying to do is show the peo-

ple of Nepal that there is another way – and, it turns out, their message has started to spread.

Karma received a letter from a village to the north of Chyamtang, just south of the Tibetan border, called Ridak.

It’s far more primitive than any other village they’ve visited.

Most of the people in Ridak are not able to read or write, so it was a challenge to communicate why they needed the foundation’s help. They did not know how to ask for a school, a library, hot lunch program or eyeglasses.

They simply wrote, “We want like Chyamtang.”

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Utah resort added to Purg’s stable

by Missy Votel

A skier makes his way down a run at southwestern Utah’s Brian Head Resort, with Cedar Breaks National Monument in the distance.

Purg’s parent company, Mountain Capital Partners, has entered an agreement to operate and manage the 620-acre ski area about 40 minutes from Cedar City, Utah./ Courtesy photo

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et another Southwestern ski area has been added to the Mountain Capital Partners quiver. On Tuesday, MCP announced it has acquired Brian Head Resort, in southwestern Utah. According to a press release, the agreement calls for MCP to “manage and operate” the small resort, located about 40 minutes from Cedar City, Utah.

“We’re proud to welcome Brian Head Resort and its employees to the MCP family,” CEO James Coleman said.

“Utah has some of the best powder skiing on earth. Brian Head’s family friendly vibe and proximity to Southern Utah’s famous red cliffs and national parks greatly enhances our portfolio and supports our mission to make skiing and riding more accessible and affordable.”

Sitting at 9,600 feet, Brian Head boasts Utah’s highest base elevation and receives 360 inches of snowfall annually on its two connected mountains, Giant Steps and Navajo.

Topping out at 10,970 feet, the resort has 620 acres of skiable terrain, hike-to chutes, 11 lifts and 71 runs.

The resort and nearby town of the same name are situated between Zion and Bryce national parks. Other regional attractions include Grand Staircase/Escalante and Cedar Breaks national monuments; the town of St. George (1½ hour drive); Las Vegas (3 hours); and Salt Lake City (3½ hours.) It is about seven hours from Los Angeles, Phoenix and Durango.

Founded in 1964, Brian Head’s majority owner and president is currently John Grissinger, who bought the resort in 2012 and has since invested nearly $16.5 million in improvements, including high-speed quads, day lodge facilities and night skiing.

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In the summer, Brian Head offers lift-served mountain biking among other activities.

“Passing the torch to MCP was the logical decision to ensure the future viability and growth of the resort and town of Brian Head,” Grissinger said. “They are passionate about the ski industry, share our core values … and have improved the skier experience at all of their resorts.

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Power Pass holders will enjoy unlimited access to Brian Head for the 2019-20 winter season.

The acquisition of Brian Head brings MCP’s total number of ski areas to seven, including Purgatory; Nordic Valley Ski Resort (Utah); Sipapu and Pajarito (New Mexico); Hesperus; and Arizona Snowbowl. MCP also owns Spider Mountain Bike Park (Texas). n

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Blood on the tracks ‘The Fragility of Bodies’ by Sergio Olguín brings Argentinian noir to the States

by Jeffrey Mannix

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h … the alluring, venal Argentine; the salacious Buenos Aires. This history, the infamy of the most diverse ecosystem in the world, with its turbulent politics, revolutions, dictators, and the tango, like raw meat hanging at the bottom of South America. It’s the home of Juan Perón, with a whole political movement his namesake: Peronism and Peronists, uniforms and warships, militants and guerrillas, the villainous wife Eva, and a chicken in every pot – everybody works, everybody dances. Where else would novelists be sure to find the grift, and where else besides insatiate Paris would social dumpster divers find good stuff? And where would “noir” find the antiheroic and become a genre if not in Buenos Aires?

In case you haven’t guessed, “Murder Ink” is going to Buenos Aires this month with a plodding, traditional noir novel of crime and intrigue from a country that practices that South American insouciance in affairs of state, jurisprudence, policing and sexuality. Buenos Aires famously bubbles over with unexamined excess, arrogance and crime. Novelist Sergio Olguín nearly brilliantly portrays the hierarchy of the underbelly of this steaming city through the snooping of journalist Veronica Rosenthal in The Fragility of Bodies, published by Bitter Lemon Press in London. Released a couple of weeks ago, it is the first Olguín book translated into English. We shouldn’t have had to wait so long to enjoy the high-calorie work of this Argentinian penman. A true crime fiction reader can’t

maintain that gold card without seeing the backside of Buenos Aires through the eyes of this talented observer.

Veronica is a wise-ass newspaper reporter growing bored with dipshit assignments until the paper’s crime reporter goes on vacation. She’s a thirtysomething-year-old copy of Oriana Fallaci and Martha Gellhorn in the fearless, woman reporter category. She is drawn to the front lines with no thoughts of danger – a shot of whisky, a cigarette, and down the rabbit hole they go. In The Fragility of Bodies, Veronica slinks into the morning editorial meeting at Tiempo Nuevo, sleep-deprived, hungover and bored, anticipating another routine assignment. On the wire she sees that a railway employee killed himself by jumping from the roof of an apartment building onto the road and into traffic, snarling street movement for more than an hour. The chatter around the newsroom is about suicidal psychopaths and not reporting suicides so as to not encourage more. The writers jape about why he didn’t just jump in front of a train to punish his fellow employees and how the bosses in Buenos Aires all suspiciously dress too well and spend too little time working.

It’s a story, maybe a big story. Train driver Alfredo Carranza had left a note saying he was killing himself because he couldn’t live with the guilt of having committed murders. What murders is a dog whistle for a beat reporter, and Veronica is on the scent.

The Fragility of Bodies is a tour de force revealing a hierarchal Latin country built on corruption. It seems that Buenos Aires has a highly developed rail system and a surreptitious syndicate of men with fancy cars and fake gold wristwatches who bet on which of two young boys will be the last to jump out of the way of speeding trains. Every train driver has witnessed the harrowing sight of youngsters in the big headlight, most have watched more than a few get juiced by their unstoppable tonnage of steel speeding through the night. The murders that driver Carranza admits to are children he’s turned to pulp on the glass.

The Fragility of Bodies is a visit to another culture, and the indomitable Veronica is our knight errant and someone you don’t want to marry your son. This is a splendid work of fiction with a fascinating plot by a very careful and talented writer. It’s a paperback original that’ll set you back the cost of lunch and a beer. And Maria’s Bookshop will give you 15 percent off of all “Murder Ink” books. n

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One for the desert rats Craig Childs brings “locals’ book” to Maria’s Bookshop

by Zach Hively

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uthor Craig Childs is no stranger to these parts.

Many of his award-winning and bestselling nonfiction books (from House of Rain through to Atlas of a Lost World) stem from deep roots in the Four Corners, and he has long lived just up the slopes from here. His events at Maria’s Bookshop always draw a civil and well-read mob. Yet just when we think we know what to expect from Childs, he brings something different to town.

This evening (Thurs., Nov. 7), Childs will present and sign copies of his newest book, Virga & Bone: Essays From Dry Places. This little book brings the author back home again; in his most recent books, he’s been busy asking The Big Questions, things like How Did

JusttheFacts What: Craig Childs, author of Virga & Bone: Essays From Dry Places When: 6:30 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 7 Where: Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. Cost: Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase People Get Here and What’s the End of the World Look Like? But those questions kept drawing him farther afield, and while they are the big picture, they’re not the full picture.

“They are secondary to what’s really going on in my life, which is: get out on the ground and wander around and see where you are,” Childs said. “This (book) is more what my life is like.”

Virga & Bone unifies eight essays about the desert with Childs himself as the thread. Few among us have spent as much time in deserts as he has, or have researched them as intensely.

This book doesn’t lean on research, like those Big Question books do. And while his deep understand-

Author Craig Childs on the Harding Icefield in Alaska. The Norwood-based author switches it up with his latest book, Virga & Bone: Essays From Dry Places, a collection of essays about the desert. He’ll be at Maria’s Bookshop tonight to sign copies and read excerpts, scripted and otherwise./Photo by Sarah Gilman ing of the desert springs forth in every description, lending him weight, giving him authority, his knowledge is not the point.

Rather, the point of this book appears to be experience. The way the desert experiences humans, at least as much as the way humans experience the desert.

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familiar re-presented to them in this way, Virga & Bone offers this more densely than many of Childs’ other works: untroubled by Big Questions, these essays thrive on immediacy and read with urgency.

Urgency, but not hastiness, which is quite a feat considering the book’s origin story. Childs attended the annual Winter Solstice Burn in Bluff, Utah, last year, and in the light of the brushwood coyote climbing the ladder of smoke to the sky, he chatted with the editor of Torrey House Press.

He said there was a different kind of book he wanted to write. She said they’d love to print it. Less than a year later, the book exists.

“One of the ideas of this book is that it would be short and sweet and really focused, and I would write it quickly,” he said. “In this case, I wrote it in one week sitting in a room in this rammed-earth house in the desert outside of Tucson.”

He described how he writes most of his books across various places: in Durango, New York City, at home, alone in the backcountry. The places he goes change his writing, he said; his writing is susceptible to the voices around him, the atmosphere, the temperature, the terrain. So with Virga & Bone, he wanted to experiment.

What would happen if he stayed in one place and didn’t leave?

“All this stuff is new. It’s fresh material,” he said. “So I wanted it to be created there. I wanted to remember the stories from one place.”

Great art comes from restrictions, and these essays show the effects being consolidated in time and space.

The language is rich, and the ideas sharp. And the voice is distinct from Childs’s other works, too.

He writes in a way that feels to readers less like he is regaling them with grand stories, and more like they’re hearing familiar family stories at Thanksgiving. At least, that’s true for desert-dwellers and those of us who keep finding our way back to the desolate, hard and open places of the world.

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Those are the people this book is for.

“I consider this more of a locals’ book,” Childs said.

“I wrote it for people here. I didn’t write it to entrance people who aren’t already entranced. People reading it already know. I’m just reminding them or maybe enhancing it.”

Perhaps fitting a smaller book, Childs is doing a small media tour. He interviewed for this piece on the phone from the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, where he was talking about his previous book instead of this one.

Maria’s Bookshop, here in Durango, is the only stop listed on his website’s tour dates. In other words, this really is a locals’ book. And Maria’s is the only place he knew he had to take it.

“Maria’s is a home bookstore for me,” Childs said. “I have to come to Maria’s. It would be weird if I didn’t. I don’t think my life would be complete. I think Maria’s is one of the first places I ever came to read. So there’s a place in my life that Maria’s occupies, and Durango. It’s an important spot for me.”

In fairness, he did give a talk in northern Wisconsin right as the book was coming out – though he was talking about a desert traveler’s perspective of the Lake Superior shore, rather than this book. He asked people in the audience what they thought about his descriptions,

and they said, “The desert seems like a place that I would never want to go.”

“I hear that a lot,” Childs said. “I wonder if maybe that’s true. Maybe the desert is just awful, and some of us just love awful things.”

If that is true, then plenty of people in and around Durango love awful things too. The desert speaks to us (and for us) in ways that nondesert people may never fully understand.

This evening at Maria’s will give desert people of all persuasions the chance to congregate, commune and share stories from one of the many great storytellers among us.

Of course, books will be for sale at the bookshop, and Childs will give some sort of talk and reading. He admitted that whatever he plans for these events often goes right out the window 20 minutes before – so he can’t make promises what people will get. With one exception.

“I will be bringing my flute,” he said. “I know that. Which is not what I usually do at events, but Maria’s is a good place for that.” n

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Doing the Brussels hustle

by Ari LeVaux

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fter the first big frost of the season, things got real at the farmers market. Buyers arrived, knowing it was their last chance for warm-weather crops. I was there for tomatoes and felt like a big spender with my two boxes, earmarked for salsa. Then Chef Scott Gill showed up with a hand truck, as if to remind me that I’m a wannabe player, and loaded it with crates of lipstick-red sweet peppers.

With one season ending, another was beginning, and soon we were chatting about Brussels sprouts.

The season for these dense, green nubs has just begun, and it will last deep into spring.

Around the market, farmers were selling Brussels sprouts, often still attached to the stems. Gill’s restaurant, Scotty’s Table, specializes in seasonal food, but thanks to one particular dish, Brussels sprouts are always in season at Scotty’s.

Fried Brussels sprouts and cauliflower is the one dish that stays on his menu year-round, regardless of the season, by popular demand. It’s a mess of deep-fried sprouts, cauliflower florets and fatty pork lardons tossed in a cider vinegar reduction and presented atop a thick smear of mustard crème fraiche. The sharp, rich flavors and crunchy textures keep the eater bewitched until the plate is empty, at which point they might wonder what just happened.

Before Gill and I parted ways that brisk, Saturday morning, he invited me to come by the restaurant and learn the recipe. I went off in search of cauliflower and Brussels sprouts – which unlike tomatoes are not endangered species these days.

The locally grown Brussels sprouts are not as large, uniform or tightly wrapped as their perfectly trimmed imported counterparts. But as I would find out later fol-

lowing Gill’s recipe, those funky, untrimmed Brussels sprouts are fun to use. They blossom like flowers in hot oil, the crispy, translucent leaves deliciously disheveled like perfect cases of bed head.

“As chefs we always want to have something fatty, crispy, tart and sweet,” Gill sermonized, when I arrived at his kitchen. “This dish is the epitome of that.”

The veggies and lardons are audaciously rich coming out of the fryer, and that fattiness is countered by the cider reduction. The mustard crème fraiche adds delicious redundancy, contributing more fat and more tanginess, while the spice of the mustard harmonizes with the Brussels sprouts and cauliflower – both plants are members of the mustard family.

While you are free to replace the lardons with chopped bacon – or skip them altogether – you don’t have permission to deviate from the vegetable directives. If you don’t blanch the Brussels sprouts, the outsides will burn before the insides cook. And if your oil isn’t at least 350, cry into your soggy, greasy veggies – but not to me or Chef Scotty.

Fried Brussels Sprouts and Cauliflower 2 servings Ahead of time: Make the mustard crème fraiche, apple cider reduction, lardons; blanch and dry the Brussels sprouts.

Mustard Crème Fraiche 1 cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon buttermilk 1 teaspoon cider vinegar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard 3 tablespoons ground mustard Stir the buttermilk, vinegar and lemon juice into the cream; let sit for two hours. Stir in the mustards. Keep refrigerated until needed.

Cider Vinegar Reduction 1 large onion, chopped 2 tablespoons oil 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 quart cider vinegar Heat the oil in a pan and “caramelize the crap out of the onions” on low heat for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the sugar, salt and vinegar, and cook until the volume reduces by two-thirds. Let cool and blend until smooth. Strain out the (very tasty) onion sludge. Keep the cider reduction refrigerated until needed.

Quick-cured lardons 1 lb pork belly, cut into ¾ inch cubes 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 teaspoon ground black pepper Combine the ingredients and wait about two hours.

Keep refrigerated until needed.

The Veggies If you can get untrimmed Brussels sprouts, leave them untrimmed for whimsical aesthetic affect. For the frying, Gill recommends peanut oil, although he can’t use it at the restaurant because of peanut allergies. Safflower and sunflower oils are good choices too.

2 cups (8 oz.) Brussels sprouts, evenly sized 2 cups (8 oz.) cauliflower, broken or cut into 2 inches or smaller florets 1 quart fry oil ½ cup (2 oz.) quick-cured pork belly lardons (or 2 slices bacon, cut crosswise into ½-inch wide pieces) ¼ cup Cider Vinegar Reduction ¼ cup Mustard Creme Fraiche Blanch the Brussels sprouts for about 2 minutes. Transfer immediately to ice water for another 2 minutes, then drain. They should be completely dry before going into the oil.

Heat a quart of oil in a heavy bottomed pot or deep pan. The oil should be at least 2 inches deep, and at least 3 inches from the rim. When it reaches 350 degrees, turn the heat down to hold it there.

Fry the lardons for a minute or two, until they are golden brown. Remove and let drain. Add the cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, and fry for about 3 minutes – until the cauliflower is brown and the Brussels sprouts puff up.

Remove and drain.

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ken opponent of drunk driving. He played an integral role in Albuquerque’s hip-hop scene, had embarked on two European tours, ast Saturday night at a Genuine Cowhide throwdown at the represented New Mexico at The Power Shift environmental acSunflower Theatre in Cortez, a sour old woman sitting on the tivism event and performed alongside such acts as Dilated Peoples, side of the theatre firmly kicked my right calf and yelled at me Blackalicious, De La Soul and KRS-ONE. He’s also appeared live on to move out of the way. “F*ck you!” were the instinctive first words KSUT. His latest album was set to drop today (Thur., Nov. 7). out of my mouth, not realizing who delivered the blow to my leg KSUT hosts its 26th annual Members’ Party & Silent Aucuntil I turned around. tion from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday What nerve! I didn’t ask to at the Ska Brewing World Headbe 6’5”. It’s not like I drank quarters. The $25 admission insome magic potion to grow cludes complimentary Ska brews, this tall. I didn’t ask for a dewines courtesy Liquor World, appescending aorta, a back that tizers from Durangourmet and screams with pain whenever I desserts from Baked. As always reach down to grab a pot out hundreds of items are available in of the cabinet under the stove, the silent auction, including lift or countless concussions from tickets, concert & dining pairings, banging my head on low door outdoor gear, artwork, home imstoops, stairwells and shelves. provement gift certificates, music If I shell out money for a packages and much more. A few concert or festival, I’m going to highlights include an Alpacka raft, try and get up close and pera Purgatory season pass, an sonal just like you. If the person overnight stay at Dunton Hot in the second row asks me to Springs and a weeklong Mexican move back, then I’ll block the vacation. Tickets are available at third row. Then that person will ksut.org or at the door. complain, and I’ll continue to Durango Snowboard Outreach move backwards until I need Society (SOS) and Absinthe Films binoculars to see the stage. premieres “Isle of Snow” at 6:30 One time at The Ride in Teland 8:30 p.m. tonight at the Aniluride, I spotted an old buddy mas City Theatre. The event is a who used to play basketball at fundraiser for Durango SOS Outthe alma mater. Adam Hess reach and also serves as a kick-off wasn’t much of a talent on the for the winter season, with an auchardwood, but he was the only tion and winter outdoor gear giveseven-footer in FLC history. aways. SOS has offered programs to New Mexico rap artist Wake Self was scheduled to play a show We shared passions for beer local youth in partnership with at the Animas City Theatre on Friday but was killed in a car acand jam band music, so it wasPurgatory and Durango School cident this week by a drunk driver. n’t all that surprising to see District 9-R since 2004. It offers ophim at Widespread Panic some 15 years down the road. Tall peoportunities to explore outdoor recreation and provides mentorship ple tend to stick together (we greet each other with nods and with leadership and life-skills training. All returning middle school winks when our eyes meet over the heads of the shorter masses), and high school participants are given a Purgatory season pass if and Adam had several others in his crew who were taller than they show effort in school. Students who participate for five years me. Without thinking, we started grooving and swaying to the are given the opportunity to become mentors themselves and lead music, with me the short one. A few songs in, we turned around in community service. and noticed several vacant tarps and a lot of empty space behind A sure sign of end times: Lawn Chair Kings play their final us. Revenge never felt sweeter. date of 2019 at 7 p.m. Friday, when they travel to downtown I obliged the old lady after a song or two last Saturday. GenCortez to play Wild Edge Brewing. uine Cowhide is a honky-tonk band and the dance floor was 3rd Ave. Arts continues its recital series with Danzas del soon packed. My $3 Montucky cold snack was empty, so I moToro y Lobos at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. seyed on over to the bar for another round. At the back of the The Petroglyph String Quartet performs an adventurous room were a handful of tall bar tables that had emptied once the evening of dance through the Iberian Peninsula and beyond. music started. I slunched over one of the wobbly ones, set my Tango with them as they present music full of sultry passion, beer down and finished watching the first set. Four beers later, I dodging bulls and machismo bravado and finish across the Atreturned to the front of the house for the start of the second set. lantic for a party, Brazilian style. Formed in Albuquerque in 2014, Grandma in the chair at the front had the same bitter look on the Petroglyph String Quartet includes violinists Michael Allerher face. It seems when you’re seated on the edge of the pit, it heiligen and Yakima Fernandez, violist Karl Winkler and cellist doesn’t matter if Tiny Tim or the Jolly Green Giant are dancing Anastasia Nellos. All are members of the San Juan Symphony and in front of you. Your view is still blocked. have performed with the Santa Fe Pro Musica, Santa Fe SymIn case you haven’t heard, the Lily Fangz show scheduled for phony, New Mexico Philharmonic and other regional groups.

Friday at the Animas City Theatre has been cancelled. Fangz was Also of note: Sunny & the Whiskey Machine bring the to share the bill with fellow New Mexico hip hop artist Wake twang to Ska Brewing at 5 p.m. tonight; the Garrett Young Self. However, Self, aka Andrew Martinez, 30, was involved in a Collective plays the 11th Street Station at 7 p.m. Saturday; and car accident Sunday with a drunk driver near Santa Fe and tragiBlack Velvet has a pair of dates, including a trio performance at cally died from his injuries Tuesday morning.

7 p.m. Friday at the Derailed Pour House and a duo gig at 6 p.m.

“It is with a heavy heart that we are cancelling the show,” the Saturday at the Seven Rivers Steakhouse at the Sky Ute Casino.

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

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

Drop-in Tennis, 4 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave.

BID Coffee & Conversation, 8:30-9:30 a.m., TBK Bank, 259 W. 9th St.

Thursday Afternoon Social Club for veterans, their spouses and supporters, 4-6 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. Writers’ Workshop, 5 p.m., Ignacio Community Library.

Sunny & The Whiskey Machine performs, 5-8 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Tim Sullivan performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

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.

16, Durango High School Auditorium. troupe1096.wee bly.com.

“Gypsy,” presented by FLC Theatre Department, opening night, 7:30 p.m., show also runs Nov. 9, 13-16, and 2 p.m., Nov. 2 p.m., Theatre Main Stage at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

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. “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” screening, 3 p.m., film also shows 3 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9-14, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animasci tytheatre.com.

Friday Night Comedy Night, 8 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Lili Fangz performs with special guests Wake Self and Astrologic, 8:45 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

Saturday09 Drop-in Tennis, 9 a.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave.

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

Try Hockey for Free Day, for ages 5 – 9, 9:20-10:20 a.m., Chapman Hill. www.tryhockeyforfree.com.

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

VFW Indoor Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1550 Main Ave.

Jose Villarreal performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

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

“Human Element” screening, hosted by Citizens Climate Lobby and featuring keynote speaker FLC professor Heidi Steltzer, 6 p.m., Durango Public Library. duran goCCL.org.

“My Beloved West,” exhibit of solarplate prints by Louise Grunewald, opening reception, 5-7 p.m., Art Library at Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.duran goarts.org.

Open Mic Night, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave.

Dustin Burley performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Meet the Author featuring Craig Childs, author of Virga & Bone: Essays from Dry Places, 6:30 p.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. www.mariasbookshop.com.

Sean O’Brien performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave. Live music, 6-9 p.m., DJ Hakan 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

The #Readyfor100 Movement: Durango’s Future Unfolding, featuring several speakers including Durango Mayor Pro Tem Dean Brookie and LPEA CEO Jessica Matlock, 3-5 p.m., Durango Public Library.

“Isle of Snow” screening, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animasci tytheatre.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.

“Every Brilliant Thing,” presented by Merely Players, opening night, 7 p.m., show also runs Nov. 9, 14-16, and 2 p.m., Nov. 17, Hesperus Baptist Camp on Highway 140; 7 p.m., Nov. 12, Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.merelyplayers.us.

Leah Orlikowski performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

Trivia Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. Community Acoustic Music Jam, 7 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

Kirk James performs, 7-10 p.m., 550 Brewing & Pizza Parlor in Aztec.

Sensory Storytime, designed for children on the autism spectrum and families, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Girls on the Run Durango 5K, 11 a.m., Three Springs Plaza. 764-6000.

Bark & Wine Fundraiser Gala, benefits the La Plata County Humane Society, 6-9 p.m., Grand Ballroom at Fort Lewis College. www.lpchumanesociety.org.

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

Karaoke, 7 p.m.-close, VFW, 1550 Main Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Plursday featuring DJ Highgrade, 9 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Live music, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hermosa Coffee Shop.

Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” presented by DHS Troupe 1096, opening night, 7:30 p.m., show also runs 7:30 p.m., Nov. 9, 14-16, 21-22, and 2 p.m., Nov. 9 and

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

Sunday10 Durango Flea Market, 8:30 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds.

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. Joel Racheff performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main.

Open Mic Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hermosa Coffee Roasters, 738 Main Ave.

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Gimme shelter: Humane Society Bark and Wine this Saturday What: La Plata County Humane Society’s 12th annual Bark & Wine Fundraiser When: 6-9 p.m., Sat., Nov. 9 Where: FLC Ballroom Tickets: $40/person, available at lpchumanesociety.org/bark -wine/ Let your Saturday night go to the dogs this week as the La Plata County Humane Society hosts its annual Bark and Wine fundraiser. Gather with other pet lovers from throughout the area for an evening of celebration and giving from 6-9 p.m. this Sat., Nov. 9, at the Fort Lewis College Grand Ballroom.

The festivities will include a live and silent auction, photo booth, sit down dinner, music and presentation of the 2019 Animal Advocate of the Year. This

year’s selection of items to bid on include vacation packages, outdoor gear, golf outings, local services, handmade goods by local artists, jewelry and more.

Proceeds from this year’s event will go toward remodeling the Humane Society’s 22-year-old kennels, which are in drastic need of repairs and upgrades. Modernization will help reduce stress on the dogs and improve the adoption experience for both the dogs and the community.

Tickets are $40/per person and can be purchased at lpchumanesociety.org/bark-wine or at the shelter.

Ticket price includes a free LPCHS wine glass and complimentary libation.

Veterans Day Yoga Storytime, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Smiley Building Studio 10, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.

Drop-in Tennis, 4 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave.

Watch Your Step class, 10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Inspiring Speaker & Networking Series featuring Lorelei Cloud, Southern Ute Tribal Council Member, presented by the Professional Women’s Network of Durango, 5-6:30 p.m., The Underground at the Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. pwndurango.com.

Joel Racheff performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. “Gypsy Gala,” hosted by FLC Theatre and featuring live entertainment, food, drinks and silent auction, 5:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. 247-7412.

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

Rob Webster performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main.

Classic Movie Mondays, featuring “Operation Mad Ball,” 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

Ronny Cox performs, 7:30 p.m., Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave. www.henrystratertheatre.com.

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

Wednesday13 BookMarks Discussion, featuring Half Broke Horses

by Jeannette Walls, 2 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Teen Time: Slime, 4-5 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Tim Sullivan performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

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

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation from executive director of the Sexual Assault Services Organization, Maura Doherty, 6 p.m., Henry Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. 3857899.

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

Adult Board Game Night, 6-8 p.m., Durango Library.

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

Trivia Factory, hosted by Ben Bernstein, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.

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DJ Crazy Charlie, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon, Gem Village.

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

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

Terry Rickard performs, 6 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave. Durango Bird Club meets, featuring photography from Robert Winslow, 6 p.m., Education and Business Hall at Fort Lewis College, Room 55. durangobirdclub.wixsite.com/mysite.

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Latin Dance Night, 8 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E.

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AskRachel Interesting fact: Cranberry sauce wasn’t sold until 1912, and not on the mass market until the ’40s. More proof Thanksgiving is a sham!

Dear Rachel, I’m trying to build my own website for my local business because hiring a web designer is more than I can afford. (See above, re: local business owner.) It doesn’t seem like it should be so hard. Pretty pictures, some words, and a template. Badda bing! Forty seven hours later, I’ve finally figured out how to change the font. At this rate, the internet will be obsolete before I finish. How can I #lifehack building a website?

- Under Construction Dear Hard Hat Zone, Everything on the internet takes forever. Haven’t you noticed this? You sit down to watch one episode of Rick and Morty, and suddenly you realize Hulu looped you to The Voice and you’re officially caught up on whatever number season this is. Change one photo on the website? You just put in your full week’s 40. This is why you hire people to do things they’re good at. Sure, neither you nor I have the money. But I also want my own website completed before I die.

– 404 not found, Rachel Dear Rachel, Thanksgiving is steamrolling toward us, and I’m beginning my annual tradition of finding excuses not to spend it with family. Sure, there’s no place like home for the holidays and all that,

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Money Management: Investing 101, 6-7 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Winter Volunteer Orientation for Adaptive Sports Association, returning volunteers 6-7 p.m.; new volunteers, 7-8 p.m. Orientation continues Nov. 14, Durango Rec Center. 259-0374 or asadurango.com.

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

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

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society meets, presentation with Randy McGuire on “Building an International Archaeology in Sonora, Mexico,” social time, 6:30 p.m., meeting begins, 7 p.m., Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. sjbas.org.

but I’m starting to think this whole “family and togetherness” thing is a Hallmark channel load of crap. We all dread our families! But we all feel obligated. This year, I want a permanent excuse that gets me out of all future family engagements. Any ideas?

- Turkey Is Served Dear Leftover Lunch Meat, Onward, brother and/or sister! Overthrow the false hierarchy of the American family! It’s all a sham! Love is fake! Pumpkin pies are genetically engineered! Your dad never really loved you! She’s probably not even your real sister anyway! Thanksgiving is in the pocket of the NFL! And you need football like you need a head injury! But give thanks for just one thing, will ya? That you have a family you can evade every year. Other people aren’t even that fortunate.

– Putting chunks in the cranberry sauce, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I feel like an adult because I now have my own set of furniture that will move with me wherever I go. But I also feel like a child, because not a single piece of it did I pick out on my own. The bulk of it comes from one family, who I love very much, and they gave me their old furnishings when they upgraded. I feel like a kid wearing Daddy’s clothes. How can I be proud of these things I didn’t earn?

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

Upcoming

An Evening with Bruce Cockburn, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 16, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave.

An Evening in the Himalayans, benefit for the Bhotia Foundation featuring food, stories, entertainment and more, 5:30-8 p.m., Nov. 14, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.bhotiafoundation.org.

Veterans Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., Nov. 17, La Plata County Fairgrounds. 946-4831.

What is it like to have Dyslexia? a dyslexia simulation, 6-8 p.m., Nov. 14, The Liberty School, 3107 Western Ave. support@thelibertyschool.org. th

The Blue Note’s 80 Anniversary Tour, featuring Kandace Springs, James Francies and James Carter, Nov. 15, Farmington Civic Center.

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

Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Nov. 15-16, Durango Public Library.

Ongoing

“Gentle Infestation” art by Nicole Banowetz, exhibit runs thru Nov. 14, Art & Design Gallery at Fort Lewis College. 247-7167.

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

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The Garrett Young Collective performs, 7 p.m., Nov. 16, The Garage, 121 W. 8th St. “About Love, Life and Death” featuring live music from Sara Illsley and Friends, 7-9 p.m., Nov. 16, Sunflower Theater in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

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

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

Dear Showroom, You don’t have hand-me-down housewares. You have a retro-vintage-secondhand menagerie. And other cool buzzwords, I’m certain. Who buys new anymore, anyway? Repurposing is where it’s at. I say, never spend another dollar again on what you can inherit for free.

Unless it’s at a local business. They have websites to build.

– Have a seat, Rachel

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

The Polar Express, Nov. 15-Jan. 2, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

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A Celebration of Winter: Durango’s Premier Ski Party, presented by Durango Winter Sports Foundation and featuring 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee Joe Holgate, silent auction, kid-friendly venue, live music, drinks and more, 5:30 p.m., Nov. 15, Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. purgatoryskiteam.org.

Sundance Indigenous Shorts and celebration of Native American Heritage Month, reception 5 p.m., Nov. 16, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave.; film 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. 375-7779.

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“Jay & Silent Bob Reboot” screening with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, Nov. 21, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” screening, part of Not Your Average Holiday Movie Series, doors open, 6:30 p.m., film begins, 7 p.m., Nov. 21, Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, featuring documentary screening and more, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Nov. 23, Durango Public Library. 247-7215 or afsp.org/Survivor Day.

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

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries psychologist James Hillman said we keep “our images and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of love.”

They’re also quite flammable, he added.

They are always on the verge of catching fire, metaphorically speaking. That’s why many people wrap their love-filled images and fantasies in metaphorical asbestos: to prevent them from igniting a blaze in their psyches. In my astrological opinion, you Aries folks always have a mandate to use less asbestos than all the other signs – even none at all. That’s even truer than usual right now. Keep your images and fantasies extra close and raw and wild.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Poet James Merrill was ecstatic when he learned the Greek language. According to his biographer, he felt he could articulate his needs “with more force and clarity, with greater simplicity and less self-consciousness, than he ever could in his own language.” He concluded, “Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.” Personally, I think that’s an exaggeration. I believe the freedom to be yourself is very, very important. But for you in the coming weeks, Taurus, the freedom to not be yourself could indeed be quite liberating. What might you do to stretch your capacities beyond what you’ve assumed is true about you? Are you willing to rebel against and transcend your previous self-conceptions?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Musician Brian Eno made a deck of oracular cards called Oblique Strategies. Each card has a suggestion designed to trigger creative thinking about a project or process you’re working on. You Geminis might find it useful to call on Oblique Strategies right now, since you’re navigating your way through a phase of adjustment and rearrangement. The card I drew for you is “Honor thy error as hidden intention.” Here’s how I interpret it: An apparent lapse or misstep will actually be the result of your deeper mind guiding you to take a fruitful detour.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): We devote a lot of energy to wishing and hoping about the meaningful joys we’d love to bring into our lives. And yet few of us have been trained in the best strategies for manifesting our wishes and hopes.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that now is a favorable time for you to upgrade your skills at getting what you want. With that in mind, I present you with the simple but potent wisdom of author Maya Angelou: “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” To flesh that out, I’ll add: Formulate a precise statement describing your heart’s yearning, and then work hard to make yourself ready for its fulfillment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are the key parts of your life – the sources and influences that enable you to be your most soulful self? I urge you to nourish them intensely during the next three weeks. Next question: What are the marginally important parts of your life – the activities and proclivities that aren’t essential for your longterm success and happiness? I urge you to corral all the energy you give to those marginally important things, and instead pour it into what’s most important. Now is a crucial time in the evolution of your relationship with your primal fuels, your indispensable resources, your sustaining foundations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): I blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I get brave and brazen enough to follow my strongest emotions where they want to lead me. I also blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I strip off my defense mechanisms and invite the world to regard my vulnerabilities as interesting and beautiful.

I furthermore blame and thank the Sagittarian side of me on those occasions when I run three miles down the beach at dawn, hoping to thereby jolt loose the secrets I’ve been concealing from myself. I suspect the coming weeks will be a favorable time to blame and thank the Sagittarian part of you for similar experiences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “When she spoke of beauty, he spoke of the fatty tissue supporting the epidermis,” wrote short story author Robert Musil. He was describing a conversation between a man and woman who were on different wavelengths. “When she mentioned love,” Musil continued, “he responded with the statistical curve that indicates the rise and fall in the annual birthrate.” Many of you Virgos have the flexibility to express yourself well on both of those wavelengths. But in the coming months, I hope you’ll emphasize the beauty and love wavelength rather than the fatty tissue and statistical curve wavelength. It’ll be an excellent strategy for getting the healing you need.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Persian polymath Avicenna (980–1037) wrote 450 books on many topics, including medicine, philosophy, astronomy, geography, mathematics, theology and poetry. While young, he tried to study the Metaphysics of Aristotle, but had difficulty grasping it. Forty times he read the text, even committing it to memory. But he made little progress toward fathoming it. Years later, he was browsing at an outdoor market and found a brief, cheap book about the Metaphysics by an author named al-Farabi. He read it quickly, and for the first time understood Aristotle’s great work. He was so delighted he went out to the streets and gave away gifts to poor people. I foresee a comparable milestone for you, Capricorn: something that has eluded your comprehension will become clear, at least in part due to a lucky accident.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle was asked, “What is your signature perfume?” She said she hadn’t found one. But then she described how she would like to smell: “somewhere between fresh and earthy: cinnamon and honey, a rose garden, saltwater baked in the sun.” The coming days will be an excellent time to indulge in your own fantasies about the special fragrance you’d like to emanate.

Moreover, I bet you’ll be energized by pinpointing a host of qualities you would like to serve as cornerstones of your identity: traits that embody and express your uniqueness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Studies suggest that on average each of us has a social network of about 250 people, of whom 120 we regard as a closer group of friendly acquaintances.

But most of us have no more than 20 folks we trust, and only two or three whom we regard as confidants. I suspect that these numbers will be in flux for you during the next twelve months, Scorpio. I bet you’ll make more new friends than usual, and will also expand your inner circle. On the other hand, I expect that some people who are now in your sphere will depart. Net result: stronger alliances and more collaboration.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Stand high long enough and your lightning will come,” writes Piscean novelist William Gibson. He isn’t suggesting that we literally stand on top of a treeless hill in a thunderstorm and invite the lightning to shoot down through us.

More realistically, I think he means that we should devotedly cultivate and discipline our highest forms of expression so that when inspiration finds us, we’ll be primed to receive and use its full power.

That’s an excellent oracle for you.

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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.

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

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Snow Tires 4 Michelin X-Ice 195 65R 15, like new $350, 970-759-0551 Reruns Home Furnishings Cozy furnishing! Lamps, rugs, art, night stands, writing desk. Cool vintage dishes – Pyrex & Fiestaware. New great stuff and daily markdowns. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

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Community Thanksgiving Dinner – Volunteers and Meals Delivered at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, serving from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Call 259-4061 to volunteer or have a meal delivered.

Durango Food Bank, Express Employment Pros Host Thanks-For-Giving Food Drive. The Durango Food Bank and Express Employment Professionals have partnered to host a Thanks-For-Giving Food Drive from Oct. 21-Nov. 15. Recommended shopping lists will be posted on the Durango Food Bank’s Facebook page and can also be picked up at Express Employment Professionals. Your tax deductible donations can be dropped off at Express Employment Professionals, located at 321 S. Camino Del Rio, Mon.-Fri., 8 am-5 pm. If any business wants to take collections, contact Mike via email at Michael.purcell@ex presspros.com Community Compassion Outreach in Durango is collecting new and used tents, tarps, space blankets, sleeping bags, and mats to assist with winter shelter for people experiencing homelessness in our area. Items can be dropped off at Manna, 1100 Avenida Del Sol in Durango until November 8th. Please let the Manna staff know that the drop-off is for CCO. The Adventure Christian Church at 11th Street and East Third Avenue can accept donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. through the alley entrance. Cash donations can be made at the website www.communitycompassionoutreach.com.

Nov. 14 Polar Express to Benefit STEM Education The Powerhouse Science Center in Durango has tickets for sale for The Polar Ex-

press on Thurs., Nov. 14. The train departs at 5:15 p.m. Coach, Deluxe Coach and First-Class tickets are available. Prices are $25, $30 and $40. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Powerhouse Front Desk. For more info, call 259-9234. All proceeds benefit STEM education in the Four Corners.

Adaptive Sports Association Needs Volunteers ASA is a non-profit sports and recreation outfitter for people with disabilities. Adaptive Sports Association needs volunteers to instruct ski and snowboard lessons. Training is free and volunteers earn discounted skiing at Purgatory. Orientations are Nov. 13 & 14, returning volunteers 6-7 p.m., new volunteers 7-8 p.m., Durango Rec Center. asadurango.com or 259-0374.

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

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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.

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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. Sponsored by Bank of Colorado, scholarships provide financial assistance for students by paying half of the total cost of private music lessons. Students must show interest toward a particular instrument and a desire to increase their musical knowledge. Financial need is important but it is not the only criterion. Applications 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.

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.

Individuals may submit requests for financial assistance to pay for travel to specialists, retrofits their car or home for accessibility, psychotherapy sessions, medical equipment, and outdoor programs. Scholarships cannot cover medications. Scholarships are available to anyone in SW CO with MS, regardless of income. Apply online at: www.swcmss.org

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 on-

Join Troop 537 for Girls Troop 537 is a new all girl troop which has all the adventure offered to boys in the Scouts BSA program. The troop also offers the chance for girls to become an Eagle Scout. The program is available for girls ages 11-17. The girl Troop 537 will be meeting at the same time and place as the boy Troop 538. Meetings will be most Mondays from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Christ the King Lutheran Church at 495 Florida Rd. For more info, contact Scout Master Tina Hartley at tina7584@hotmail.com

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