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First place, best youth theater camp
BroadwayWorld Denver awards
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January 21, 2021
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Thingamajig
earns one top award and
28 top-five finishes in ‘best theater
of the decade’ statewide contest
By Carole Howard Original script of the decade: Elkins for his one-man
Thingamajig Theatre Company show “box.” (second).
Costume design of the decade: Nanette Cheffers
Thingamajig Theatre Company won the top award for “White Christmas” (second), Elly Hunt for “Men
for best youth theater camp for its Whatchamawhozits on Boats” (third) and Taylor Marrs for “Damn Yankees”
Children’s Summer Camp in the 2020 statewide contest (fifth).
sponsored by BroadwayWorld Denver to honor “the Set design of the decade: Laura Moore for “Tarzan”
best in theater in the past decade” in Colorado. (second) and “Men on Boats” (fourth).
Pagosa’s local professional theater received a record Lighting design of the decade: Laine Wong for “Jekyll
59 nominations in the contest, almost double those for & Hyde” (third),
any other theater in the state. When all the votes were Sound design of the decade: Tim Moore for “Joseph
counted, Thingamajig’s actors, directors and design-
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finishes in 28 categories, significantly more than any Top arts supporter of the decade: Friends of
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as 33 competing entries. Company (fourth) and Pagosa Springs Center for the
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standing work over the past decade. And, of course, we
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— like theaters around the world — to go dark on March
Other Thingamajig results 15, but also because two special holiday treats planned
In addition to the first-place win, here are the Thing- by the Moores had to be canceled.
amajig people and productions garnering top-five “We had arranged for a small Christmas cast to come Rated 4.8 out of 5 Stars
finishes in this statewide competition: to Pagosa in mid-December to bring a little Thingama-
Theater company of the decade: Thingamajig jig joy to our donors with COVID-safe caroling outside
(third). their homes,” explained Laura Moore. “We also had
Ensemble cast of the decade: “Jekyll & Hyde” (third) planned a special musical evening of merriment for
and “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (fifth). our Friends of the Theatre with an outdoor concert at
Production of the play of the decade: “Proof” (third) the amphitheater on the downtown Riverwalk.
and “Red” (fifth).“ “Sadly, the Level Red COVID restrictions here in
Production of the musical of the decade: “Jekyll & Pagosa made these events impossible to stage in
Hyde” (third) and “Hairspray” (fifth). a responsible way. Also, the travel and quarantine
Director of the play of the decade: Tim Moore for schedules that it would have taken to pull this off
“Grounded” (fourth) and Dennis Elkins for “A Christ- just wouldn’t allow enough safety before our actors
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Pagosa Country, they soon became treaty terms other Utes had agreed Onions, Sharp Provolone
acquainted with the Ute Indians. John M. Motter to. No hard and fast boundaries sur- Banded Peak — Cucumbers, Avocado,
The Utes were a mountain people rounded the Ute homeland. Tomato, Swiss, Lettuce
who roamed all over the Colorado Thus, the constant movement
Rockies, northern New Mexico, or the Aztecs there might have come and intermingling of tribes was the Saddle Mountain — Fresh Mozzarella,
northeastern Arizona and the east- from the mountains of Colorado. source of considerable confusion. Tomatoes, Lettuce, and Housemade Pesto
ern half of Utah. The word Utah is Although the many bands of Utes Following is a list of tribal names
probably derived from the Spanish shared a common language and and homelands as our first settlers
word Yutah, the name given these other cultural and physical similari- knew them. You know us
people by early Spanish scribes. ties, they had many differences. They The Moache Utes lived in the San for our lunches ...
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They called themselves Nuche, lived in widely scattered localities Luis Valley of Colorado during the our breakfasts, too!
meaning “The People.” with a plethora of environments. summer and wintered in the Taos-
Their language is Uto-Aztecan. The length of seasons varied, win- Cimarron area of New Mexico during
They share language similarities ters were more or less severe, and the winter. The Capote Utes sum-
with the Shoshonean branch of diets were adjusted according to the mered in the Upper San Juan River
North American Indians, along with availability of plant and animal life. Valley and wintered near Abiquiu in EAT GOOD FOOD! Pickup window only
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Scholars do not agree on the date The names the invading whites west of Capote in southwestern
the Utes first entered Colorado or applied to the Ute bands differed Colorado and southeastern Utah.
where they might have come from. down through the years. Sometimes During the winter, they moved south
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How to help your children grow up to be readers
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A New York Times article head-
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reading challenge like dyslexia, get ings inside the building throughout
a formal evaluation. the day. Please practice social dis-
And here’s a tip from your li- tancing and wear facial coverings
brary staff: Every week, these while you are in the building. If you
“Library News” columns describe don’t have a mask, we are happy to
free fun activities for kids of all ages give one to you.
to encourage their love of books. • Ten computers are available.
We hope you’ll take advantage of Staff will clean and disinfect the
them. To be sure you don’t miss computers between uses.
any of the free activities available to • One early literacy computer is
you and your family, we encourage available for youngsters Monday-
you to pick up a copy of the events through Saturday.
calendar each month. There are • Curbside service continues
two versions — youth and adults. Monday through Friday from 9
New free literacy a.m. to 3 p.m. except for Thursdays,
when it’s from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and
program for babies on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
An exciting new free Colorado- Phone 264-2209 when you are in
based literacy program that helps the parking lot so staff can bring
families and caregivers build their the items out for you. If you put a
babies’ vocabulary is now under- hold on something, please wait for
way in Archuleta County, thanks your usual alert (email, phone call
to a partnership involving your or text) before coming to pick it up.
library, AmeriCorps and the San • You can place holds on items
Juan BOCES. from other libraries. They are in
You need to sign up for this spe- different stages of open, so items
cial program, called LENA, in order may take longer than usual.
to be enrolled in the workshops • We’re happy to provide tech
that will provide you with personal- help in person or over the phone
ized information and ideas to help for our online resources.
your child. Please contact Michelle
Salmeron-Ramierez at 585-4293 Special note
or michelle@unitedway-swco.org. “We want people to always
The program is available in English feel welcome in the library and
and Spanish. It was created for to experience a very friendly vibe
babies from newborn to age 3 and when they visit,” said Meg Wempe,
will help you use talking to build library director. “But we need toThursday, January 21, 2021 – The Pagosa Springs SUN – PREVIEW – Section 1 – Page 9
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a free all-ages LEGO challenge via
an image posted on Facebook and
Dungeons and Dragons
Join us Wednesdays from 4 to
6 p.m. for Dungeons and Dragons
the consortium’s contributions as
well as those that we bought. That
is why you need to select AspenCat
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the library website. Use your own free for teens and young adults Union Catalog when setting up Automotive • Commercial • Residential
pieces to create something that will on Google Meet. Contact claire@ cloudLibrary for use. Please email
fit the challenge. If you don’t have pagosalibrary.org to learn how or phone us at 264-2209 if you need
LEGOs, we have a few grab bags our help setting up this service on Master keying • Chip key programming
to join. If you don’t have Internet
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Knitting takeaways
in the library.
Pick up free knitting takeaways
at the library entrance during open Children’s programs on
hours to take for your in-home Facebook
Serving our
enjoyment. We’ll have patterns,
craft ideas, instructions and some Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and
limited supplies available. Saturdays at 2:30 p.m., join us on
the library’s Facebook page for
New writing challenge free children’s programs. Wednes-
On Jan. 4, we posted a writing
challenge on the library’s Face-
book page and there will be a new
day storytimes are on Facebook
Live, so you can interact with
Josie. Saturday’s Discovery Times
community’s
one coming next Monday, Jan. 25.
We hope you will challenge your
creativity by participating. This is
— with games, art ideas, science
experiments, history and more —
are prerecorded.
HEARING NEEDS
a free all-ages activity.
After-school program
In response to COVID, we have
Adult education
Our free PALS (Pagosa Adult
Learning Services) accelerated
for 16 years!
revamped our free after-school GED course takes place in person,
program into STEAM enrichment
kits, STEAM standing for science,
where Mark helps with high school
equivalency, GED, college prep,
Ears 2 U
technology, engineering, arts and financial aid, tutoring and more.
mathematics, for ages 5 and up.
Registration is required at 264-
Contact the library and Mark will
work with you to schedule a date
Hearing Aid Center
2209. Pick up your kit and then and time to meet. Scott Erickson
bring your completed projects
back to the library to be displayed Books on CD Board Certified Hearing Instrument Family owned and
“Out of the Storm” by B.J. Daniels Specialist
in the last week of the month.
is book one of the new Buckhorn, 35 years of hearing industry experience operated for 16 years
DIY craft takeaway Montana series. “Our Darkest Hour”
for kids by Jennifer Robson follows a young
Drop by your library for free
DIY crafts takeaways for young-
Jewish woman who must pose as a
Christian farmer’s wife to escape the When it comes to better hearing,
sters age 10 and older during open Holocaust. “American Traitor” by
hours. Pick up a packet outside the
library.
Brad Taylor is a Pike Logan adven-
ture. “The Wrong Family” by Tarryn
everyone deserves an edge.
Fisher is a thriller. “Hush-Hush” by Next-generation sound never before possible
In-person gaming Stuart Woods is a Stone Barrington
Free in-person gaming is sus- mystery. “The Lost Boys” by Faye • Hear speech comfortably even in busy setting while
pended due to COVID safety con- Kellerman is a Decker/Lazarus unwanted noise is suppressed.
cerns. thriller. ”Better Luck Next Time” by
Storywalk for kids
Julia Claiborne Johnson is set at a • Boost speech sounds to help make it easier to hear JANUARY SPECIAL
Reno divorce ranch in the 1930s. people who are wearing face masks Rechargeable hearing aid
Weather permitting, every other
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the library that follow the sidewalk “The Invisible Rainbow” by Coupon expires Jan. 29, 2021
up towards the elementary school Arthur Firstenberg is a history of
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kids. The Jan. 14-27 theme is fam-
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health and the planet. “The Wahls
ily traditions. After you finish the Protocol Cooking for Life” by Dr.
walk, pick up materials for a craft Terry Wahls and Eve Adamson con-
or activity at the library. tains more than 150 paleo recipes
OFF Clean and
Hearing
MSRP
to help treat chronic autoimmune
Tech Time
conditions. “Tombstone” by Tom
Make a 15- to 30-minute ap- Clavin explores the Earp Brothers, Check of Your
pointment for one of three free
in-person slots available noon to
1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Doc Holliday and the gunfight at
the O.K. Corral. “Nose Dive” by
Harold McGee is a field guide to
Advanced
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Brad will help one person (or one the world’s smells. Hearing Aids.
couple) at a time resolve issues
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Call 970-731-4554
and audiobooks
vices.
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for all ages — children, tweens,
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All-electric is the way to go
By Auden Schendler programs.
and Ted White The good news is that going all-
PREVIEW Columnist Arts on
Writers electric is entirely doable. Develop-
ers where I live are already making
Thirteen-year-olds can AirDrop
Simpsons memes from across the theLine
Range it happen. Habitat for Humanity’s
teacher housing in the town of Basalt
room and artificial intelligence avoided the cost of installing gas
made chess masters like Garry lines; teachers will cook their mac
Kasparov obsolete. But for all our tion this November to require half and cheese on advanced induction
technological advances, at home, the state’s power to be renewable ranges. Aspen Skiing Company,
we’re still cavemen. by 2030. where one of the authors of this
Just as early man cooked raw Electrifying buildings will be a column works, is building a 150-bed,
meat over campfire coals, modern slow process; we need to start now, four-story employee housing com-
humans heat with flame, too, using because it will take decades. But plex heated by electricity, complete
natural gas drilled from the ground, while there’s urgency, leadership with electric vehicle-charging sta-
even occasionally searing a poblano is limited. To fully decarbonize the tions. Rocky Mountain Institute’s of-
pepper on the range. “Og like gas. building sector, according to the fice in Basalt is the highest perform-
Gas keep Og warm.” Rocky Mountain Institute, states ing building in the coldest climate
We can do better, in the same need “explicit electrification re- zone in the United States and it uses
way that we’re moving away from quirements and concrete phase-out no gas. In Snowmass Village, East
generating electricity by burning strategies for gas in buildings” at a West Partners is developing the aptly
flammable rocks. Instead, we’re minimum. named 53-unit Electric Pass Lodge.
making power with thin-film, solar There are pockets of progress. These success stories from high-
photovoltaics, wind turbines made San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors end areas hardly scratch the surface
from fiberglass and advanced com- recently voted unanimously to ban of what’s possible. But their excep-
posites and solar thermal molten- natural gas in new buildings, and tionalism shows the transition will
salt storage arrays in the desert. other cities in California are imple- not happen on the free market, as
To keep global warming below menting similar plans. Seattle passed many libertarian dreamers in the
2 degrees Celsius, we need to do a a law to help homeowners transition West hope. And it won’t occur on
lot of things: slash transportation from oil, a particularly dirty form of the time frame required to meet
pollution, manage agricultural heating, to electricity. But California emissions targets set by the states
emissions and more. But perhaps has always been an environmental or required by atmospheric physics.
the most challenging task of all is to unicorn and Seattle’s law is unique. Discovering fire was a milestone
decarbonize buildings. The Rocky Both states are also relatively wealthy. for humankind, but rediscovering
Mountain Institute notes that a 10th Meanwhile, resistance looms electricity will be a climate game
of U.S. carbon emissions come from large. One of the West’s largest utili- changer.
burning fossil fuels — primarily gas ties, Xcel Energy, recently released a The authors are contributors to
—for heating and cooking in homes document titled “Transitioning Nat- Writers on the Range, writerson-
and businesses. ural Gas for a Low Carbon Future.” therange.org, a nonprofit dedicated
Nationally, $3.7 trillion worth of It focuses on voluntary customer to spurring lively conversation
new construction is in process and electrification and reductions in gas about the West. Auden Schendler is
the top two states are in the West — leakage, without ever confronting senior vice president of sustainabil-
California and Texas. Unfortunately, the fact that customers can’t con- ity at Aspen Skiing Company; Ted
the overwhelming majority of these tinue to burn gas and still meet any White is executive chair of Rocky
structures will be heated with gas. reasonable climate goals. Mountain Institute.
The best, and maybe only, way to Since we can’t count on federal
decarbonize buildings, beyond mak- action and most states are not lead-
ing them so efficient that they hardly ing holistically, the only alternative is
need space heat (which we should
do anyway), is to replace Neander-
thal heating methods with electric
to change municipal codes. All of the
towns where we live, in Colorado’s
Roaring Fork Valley, have upgraded
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Faithful, everlasting love
By Sami Fortin who You say You are, and to receive
PREVIEW Columnist the love that You so generously of-
Dear Lord,
A Arts
Matter fer us. Show us how to love like that,
then they would know.
With all my heart I want all peo-
ple to really know you. Your words ofLine
Faith If we want them to see You, we
need to be real. When we know
say they’ll know you by our love If the truth about You and our world
we have love for one another. We’ll that makes it easier to love others.
show it in the way we talk and the When we can rejoice in the middle
way we act, and they’ll see that it of chaos or face whatever trials may
can’t be us loving in this way — we
haven’t got it in our natural state.
There has to come and be thankful, that’s pow-
erful love. Let them see that. Let
There has to be something
supernatural for anyone to really
be something us be bold and courageous when
asked what we believe so they can
notice. It needs to be the kind of
love one sees when others are be-
supernatural for see the rock we’re standing on. It
is only Your faithful love that is pa-
ing hurtful or unkind. In the face of
disaster and fear, we have to keep
anyone to really tient, kind, not envious, boastful,
conceited, or act improperly, not
loving beyond what a mere human
can do. That’s how they’ll see You.
notice. selfish, not provoked and does not
keep a record of wrong. You find no
Will You work in our hearts so that joy in unrighteousness, but (You)
we’re free from sin and its hold on you clean us up and take us out of rejoice with the truth. It bears all
us? That would look like love. We the pit of despair, depression and things, believes all things. Your
can read how it is. You, working in self-pity so they can see the power love never ends. You are forever
us, will enable us both to desire and in Your love? If You will love us like and Your love for us is trustworthy
to work out your good purpose. this, I think we can show others and faithful. Help us to show this
You above all want people to be what this love looks like. We could to others.
one with You. We’re inviting you to never take Your place or make the But God clearly shows and
come and do more than we think sacrifice You did on the cross, fi- proves His own love to us, by the
or ask. It is in the surrendering of nalizing the penalty of sin, but we fact that while we were still sinners,
our will that we find Your love. Your can make other sacrifices to show Christ died for us. Romans 5:8.
will is perfect, and that’s what we how much You love each and every
want to share with others. With love person born on this earth.
we’re able to teach, discipline and Even when we see so much evil
work for the good of others. We’re it doesn’t mean You don’t love us,
not able to do this if we’re being You use everything to bring about
selfish, complaining or grumbling. Your purpose, even when we don’t
That would not look like love. understand. It’s so important for
I know I can do all things us to do things that matter, not so
through Christ who strengthens much for the time we’re here, but
me, even love the unlovable. That’s for eternity. You have put forever in
what You do, You love us even when our hearts and we can’t wait to see
we don’t believe You exist. what that looks like. I’d really love
Lord, I don’t want anyone to it if everyone could see that, but I
miss out on this kind of love. Will know they have to believe. You are
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All are welcome to join New Thought Center for
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Creation is Within You.” Our speaker will be Shayla tually centered life, and promotes the philosophies of
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Meditation Circle is held each Wednesday at 6 New Thought events are held at 3505 W. U.S. 160,
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Light Body.”
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Online: Colorado.gov/CDHS/LEAP or Coloradopeak.secure.force.com Serving the Four Corners for over 25 years
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HOUSEHOLD SIZE INCOME (60% OF STATE
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1 $
2,619
• Asphalt Paving & Concrete Services Available a
2 $
3,425 FREE Estimate
$
3 4,231 and to get on
4 $
5,038
• Site-work / Excavating / Grading our
schedule for S
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5 5,844 pring!
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6 6,650 (970) 884-018
7 $
$
6,801 scheduling to satisfied completion of your 0
8 6,952
For each additional add $151 project.
person over 8
• Large & Small Projects
For application assistance call 970-264-8513. If you or your
organization is interested in hosting an outreach event call (970) 884.0180 • estimating@pap-llc.com
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