SandBoxBlogs: Durango Telegraph "Captain of her own destiny"

Stew Mosberg:
"There are many former military personnel in Durango. However, there is only one who retired as the highest ranking female African-American officer in United States’ naval history; that would be Captain Gail Harris.

 

Born the eldest of three children into an impoverished but nurturing Newark, N. J., family, Harris knew from age 5 that she wanted to be a military officer. The catalyst for that early revelation came while watching a movie on TV with her dad.

 

As Harris relates it, in one scene from 1944’s “On a Wing and a Prayer,” actor Don Ameche briefs his WWII flight crew about their mission in the Battle of Midway, America’s turning point in the war against Japan. Pointing toward Ameche, the younger Harris cried out, “Daddy, that’s what I want to do when I grow up!” Rather than snicker or attempt to dissuade his precocious daughter, James Harris encouraged the bright, introverted youngster to follow her heart. She never let go of that dream and eventually left graduate studies in 1972 to enlist for what would become an illustrious 28-year career in naval intelligence....."

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SandBoxBlogs: Durango Telegraph "Digging deeper with the Hohokam"

Jim Mimiaga:
"Everyone has heard of the Anasazi, the intrepid Native American people who flourished between 500 A.D. - 1200 A.D. in the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon.

But who’s heard of the Hohokam? These southern neighbors predate our trademark Anasazi (now called Ancestral Puebloan), and new proof shows both cultures intermingled, sharing different skills, maybe playing an ancient ball game and surely swapping recipes for venison stew.

Now visitors can travel back in time to a pre-colonial block party at the Anasazi Hertiage Center’s newest exhibit, “Pieces of the Puzzle: New Perspectives on the Hohokam,” on display through Oct. 31.

The Hohokam (pronounced he-ho-kem) occupied what is now central and southern Arizona and are known for their impressive irrigation works, mysterious ball courts and unique pottery and jewelry skills.

Little is known about this ancient Southwest culture as much of it was, and still is, buried beneath the pavement and urbanization of Phoenix, the population center of the Hohokam. But since more intense study began in the 1980s, a fascinating story has emerged, including a link to the Anasazi of the Four Corners..."

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SandBox Comments: Durango Telegraph "Breaking the herd mentality"

Malia Durbano:
"Local filmmaker Mara LeGrand was looking forward to a much-needed break. She had just finished her most recent film, “Heart & Soil,” a documentary about local agriculture, when, as fate would have it, a friend got her interested in a new cause: America’s wild horses.

The result was “Wild Horses in Winds of Change,” an award-winning short documentary about the extermination facing these icons of the American West. Both heart breaking and heart-warming, the 30-minute saga is designed to bring awareness to the destiny that is being thrust upon these horses. It will have its local screening Friday night as part of a wild horses benefit at the Durango Arts Center...."

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SandBox Comments: Durango Telegraph "Southern exposure"

This is a fascinating look at what life is like.  Living in Antartica.  From Shawna Bethell.  Way over and all the way up on the Durango Telegraph.

"...Though he attends the weekly science lectures offered at the station, Jackson says he doesn’t always understand the complexities of projects, but the sense of exploring remains with him.

“Humans have always been ‘wonderers,’” he said. “One of our distant ancestors looked up into the night sky and wondered what the stars were, and he probably walked up the nearest ridge to get a closer look. He may not have found the answer then, but what he saw over the ridge may have lead to another discovery.

“It’s the fact that we are looking, maybe finding that next thing to help human kind,” Jackson said. “That’s what science is about.”

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SandBox Comments: Durango Telegraph "Dealing with an image problem"

One of those good reports out of a writer that obviously has chosen a side yet manages to convey a thought provoking read in a balance of opinion and facts.

From Allen Best.  Up on the Durango Telegraph.

A terrific article on the public perception of the oil and gas industry here in Colorado.

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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."

SandBox Comments: Durango Telegraph "Durango’s mother of invention"

"Inventors’ Boot Camp lends help to local creators..."

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