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Share your garden’s bounty with community’s hungry

Our gardens are thriving this year. Are you tired of green beans and squash yet? Well, I have a suggestion for that extra produce. The Colorado State University Extension Office,...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Enjoy exercise without a stable of pricey gadgets

I’m not sure just how I wound up taking a semester of rope skipping to fulfill my 1960s-something college freshman physical education requirement. Suffice it to say that once I found myself ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

20,000 calories a day: Get ready to hibernate

Cooler weather has always been a stimulus for eating warm food. Quite the opposite of summer’s heat causing a drop in calories, a chill in the air often makes me think about the ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

The fruit of the grape supports a safe haven

A glowing September evening, some good eats, a chance to sample red and white wines and a group united in a cause – to provide a safe place so women or men who are subjected to domestic viol...

DATE: Sep 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

National debate about testing misses key point

These are clearly interesting times in public education. Our systems continue to be the focus of national debate, most recently centered on testing and standards. Are we testing...

DATE: Sep 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Data looking good if you believe the numbers

Well, relatively good news about the U.S. economy has been hitting the press this year. Despite recent job-creation numbers below what many expected, which I suspect is a glitch, ...

DATE: Sep 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

‘Boomtown’ and ‘Pants on Fire’ here Friday

When Creede Repertory Theatre’s improv troupe, Boomtown, riffs on a single word, the players make high-flying connections. Like trapeze artists, the young, energetic actors toss words and id...

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Coroner correct to rule Brady death a homicide

James Brady, press secretary to President Ronald Reagan, died last month at 73. A Virginia medical examiner certified his death a homicide – a consequence of the gunshot wound to...

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Stan the marathon man

Retired Durango teacher battling early-onset Alzheimer’s

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Newest ‘lake’ has little potential for recreation

What’s up with Durango’s newest reservoir? It’s located at the U.S. Highway 550/160 intersection, just south of the Welcome to Historic Durango sign. Is the city drafting a Recreation Master...

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

To Kashgar and back Patience a virtue – and necessity – when traveling in China

This column is dedicated to my brother, Joseph Scott. Today is Joseph’s birthday. Xinjiang doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to Chinese provinces. Ask Han ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letter from Korla

Letting the quiet of nature into busy, modern lives

We arrive with our lowland shorts into a different world. This is our fifth trip here during mushroom season, and the land is like a historical record of how we’ve grown and chan...

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood