The Durango High School Class of 1966 will hold its 50th reunion Sept. 9-10.
Members of adjacent classes are welcome to attend a mixer from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9 at Hillcrest Golf Club, 2300 Rim Drive.
The banquet at 5 p.m. Sept. 10 at Kennebec Cafe & Bakery, 4 County Road 124 in Hesperus, will be for Class of 1966 members and their guests only.
For more information, call Barbara Eggelston Conn at 259-6395 or Debbie Loos Rowe at 259-2455.
Marsha Porter Norton of the Yes for Roads and Bridges committee will speak at the Rotary Club of Durango dinner meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.
The committee is promoting a La Plata County property tax increase for road and bridge maintenance that voters will decide in November.
Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.
A tennis skills clinic and fundraiser will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Durango High School tennis courts. All proceeds will go to DHS tennis teams.
The cost is $15 and attendees should bring a can of new tennis balls. An additional clinic/fundraiser will be held in spring 2017.
For more information, visit www.tennisdurango.com.
The Durango Community Recreation Center is part of Silver&Fit network of more than 12,000 fitness centers.
The program covers all classes, amenities such as weight and cardiovascular equipment, the gymnasium and the pool at the facility.
Silver&Fit is available at low cost or no cost to people who are Medicare-eligible and have purchased Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement coverage that includes the program.
To see if a Medicare plan includes Silver&Fit, seniors can call their health plan or call Medicare at (800) 633-4227.
For more about the recreation center, call 375-7300.
The Columbine Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest will conduct prescribed burns this fall in the HD Mountains east of Bayfield.
The project will encompass about 6,000 acres between the Relay Station and Fosset Gulch roads south of U.S. Highway 160 in the Yellow Jacket Pass and Pargin Mountain areas.
The operation is expected to take seven to 10 days in mid to late September, and possibly into October, depending on weather and fuel conditions.
The burns will be monitored by trained firefighters, who will use ground and aerial ignition methods. Smoke may be visible from Arboles, Ignacio, Bayfield, Pagosa Springs and Durango.
Daytime smoke may spread northeast into the Piedra drainage, while nighttime smoke is expected to settle into the Beaver Creek, Sauls Creek and Piedra drainages. Smoke will be heavier in mornings after burning operations, and should lift by mid-day.
This area of the national forest provides critical winter range and key migration routes for deer and elk. Prescribed burning improves big-game winter habitat and reduces the risk of high-intensity wildfire, while providing conditions for regular follow-up burns to be conducted more efficiently and safely.
For more information, call the Columbine District Office at 884-2512.
Athletes to End Alzheimer’s will host a 5K/10K walk/run at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 10 at Santa Rita Park.
There will be cash prizes for participants, along with a sports expo, silent and live auctions, a living-assistance expo and music along the route, including by Caitline Cannon of the Cannondolls.
All registration fees go to the Athletes to End Alzheimer’s scholarship through the Fort Lewis College Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association of Durango.
The scholarship is given to pre-med students to encourage research and participation in Alzheimer’s and dementia-related research, diagnosis and treatment.
To register, visit https://stanthemarathonman.org/events.
For more information, call 259-4395.
Herald Staff
