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Simple formula can lead to extraordinary success

I would like to introduce you to Principal El. Chances are you don’t him because his current school is in Wilmington, Del. However, you probably know other educators who follow h...

Freedom and safety

Security for large events a balancing act with multiple factors

Durango’s hockey family is a smelly, close-knit community

One of the most appalling and surprising things a newly minted hockey player learns is that the human hand produces unthinkable odors when stuffed in a hockey glove. The thing about it is, t...

Help stop the slaughter by keeping your cat indoors

Two months ago, I wrote about finding a family of cats along the trail in the Galápagos Islands. The beautiful kittens would grow up to be murderers of vulnerable animals such as the rare sp...

Kindness and tolerance, Beautifully Made

Do you believe in serendipity? You know, the idea that good things seem to come together for a reason? Thursday was a serendipitous day for me. It started with a program at the R...

Music choices should be matters of ‘and,’ not ‘or’

Whenever I have to double up on music features in one column, it’s usually a good thing for writer and reader alike. Options are great, especially when the options are unique. In ...

My favorite month? Definitely not April

Topic of conversation at Sunday’s dinner: What are your favorite and least-favorite months of the year? Both kids quickly said December as their No. 1 favorite. Perhaps it’s becau...

Hermosa watershed plan a ‘beautiful’ thing

There is no question as to why the name Hermosa was given to the stream and landscape just north of Durango. Whether you are looking north up the Animas Valley toward the red cli...

Much remains on plate as session begins to wrap up

First and foremost, I would like to express my regrets for missing the Annual La Plata and Archuleta County Cattlemen’s dinner. As our session comes to a close, we are working long hours to ...

First year working as aide is contentious, hard work

Editor’s note: Each year state Sen. Ellen Roberts asks her legislative aide to write a column in her stead. This year her aide is Jack Cutter. Gun control, civil unions, school re...

When it’s time to give mom a break, let the kids take a turn in the kitchen

That is it. I have officially decided that I spend too much time in the kitchen. Not that I don’t love it – I do. But while my kids are playing outside or doing Legos or creating ...

Baseball to golf: Wind, wind, please go away

I was traveling back to Durango last Saturday after calling two stellar Bayfield High School baseball games in Monte Vista. As I was rolling through Pagosa Springs, I saw two brav...