This picture appeared in the Oct. 16, 1988, Herald. The cutline read: “A garden of illegal plants was discovered in the basement of a medical office on West Second Avenue – the same place a similar operation was uncovered eight years ago. Here, Detective Don Baker picks up one of the starter-size marijuana plants from its bed beneath grow lights and aluminum foil while Sgt. Anthony Archuleta watches.”
This picture appeared in the Oct. 16, 1988, Herald. The cutline read: “A garden of illegal plants was discovered in the basement of a medical office on West Second Avenue – the same place a similar operation was uncovered eight years ago. Here, Detective Don Baker picks up one of the starter-size marijuana plants from its bed beneath grow lights and aluminum foil while Sgt. Anthony Archuleta watches.”Durango Herald file photo

75 years ago: The Kiva theater was showing Frank Copra’s “You Can’t Take It With You” starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart. The billing read: “The most eagerly awaited screen event of the year turns out to be the happiest hit in years!”

50 years ago: “‘I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was some kind of a bad joke at first,’ Americans across the country said after they’d heard the news of Pres. John Kennedy’s death. And Durango was no exception.”

25 years ago: “Christmas shoppers wading into the post-Thanksgiving rush face a little added pressure this year: tight inventories. That’s a business decision prompted by a long-running slump in the retail business, but for consumers it means limited selection and shortages of hot-selling items.”

Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum, Their accuracy may not be verified.