Ear to the ground

“Yeah, I’m into tubing, too. I hit the tube every day right around 4:20.”

-A conversation between water lover and a water pipe lover

Dragging the river

Bodies will be littering the Animas River this weekend, as KDUR Public Radio prepares to “Drag the River.” An Animas “drag race” (yes, costumes are encouraged) is set for this Sat., July 12. Teams of four are invited to compete in the river relay where tubes, duckies and rafts will be the weapons of choice.

Teams should check-in at the 32nd Street put-in at 11 a.m. and must provide all of their own equipment, including PFDs. The racing begins at high noon with the tubers hitting the water. The river donuts will move at less-than-lightning speed to tag the second crew member, who is waiting in the duckie behind the high school. The duckie and tuber will then float through a riffle or two and under the Main Avenue Bridge to join the remaining two teammates waiting in a raft at the 9th Street put-in. All four river warriors will then float through the meat of the course to the Rivergate Bridge, where the survivors will place the tube over a cone and take drag race honors.

Prizes include gift certificates to Lady Falconburgh’s and Cuckoos as well as tickets to the Bar D Wranglers, the Abbey Theatre and Amaya. Winners and losers will gather at a party at Four Corners Riversports, complete with Ska beer, pizza from Home Slice and music from DJ Jonezy.

For info., call Stephanie, 946-7734.

Running numbers

In case you missed it, theDurango Telegraph was numerically challenged for last week’s edition. Avid readers looking for biting letters to the editor in the soapbox section were greeted instead with a local news story. Revelers hunting for stops for the weekend bender found themselves reading about the advantages of cooking with greens and then staring at the Diver’s backside. The page number mix-up had nothing to do with the “Made in the U.S.A.” topper on our front page, we promise.

Nope, all was right with theTelegraph when it left our world headquarters in downtown Durango. The misstep occurred after a hop, skip and electronic jump to the printer in Cortez. There, the print crew was so intent on Independence Day that they stopped counting after Page 4, and the result was a slightly jumbled paper.

Rest assured, theCortez Journal’steam has promised the mistake will be the last of its kind. The crew has also offered heartfelt apologies toTelegraph readers and encourages them to stop by for a guided tour any time.