Oktoberfest to take place Saturday in Cortez
The Cortez Elk’s Club Lodge 1789 will host Oktoberfest on Saturday at the Elk’s, 2100 N. Dolores in Cortez.
The event is open to the public and proceeds will benefit Elk’s charity projects.
The day will begin with a shotgun start golf tournament at 9 a.m. Entry fee will include the meal. Authentic German food will be served from 2 to 5 p.m. for the cost of $10. Food choices will include bratwurst or barbecue chicken with German potato salad, sauerkraut and cake. Hamburgers also will be available.
A raffle and silent auction will feature autographed items, patio set, gift certificates, rounds of golf and more.
Gold, Silver and Hole Sponsors are being sought as well as prize donations.
For more information, call Lynn Gann at 565-7423 or email mlg65@netzero.net.
BHS to host grand opening of facilities this weekend
Bayfield High School will host the grand opening of its new facilities on Saturday.
A ribbon cutting will take place at 11:30 a.m. A community barbecue and tours will take place from noon to 2 p.m., followed by musical performances from 2 to 5 p.m.
Candidate forum to focus on education
The Durango Education Foundation will host “Education Matters: A Candidates’ Forum,” where participants will learn from Colorado state representative candidates Mike McLachlan and J. Paul Brown where they stand on the issues of education from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 2500 Main Ave.
After the formal session, the audience will have the opportunity to engage the candidates in informal, individual discussion. This is a nonpartisan event open to all at no charge. It is offered as a public service, not as a fundraising event. At this forum, voters will learn how the candidates stand on educational issues such as school funding, state educational mandates, teacher evaluations, changing educational standards, student testing and more. The forum will address issues faced by schools (public and private) throughout the 59th District. The public is invited to submit questions in advance. To submit questions, email 9RFoundation@gmail.com, call 385-1491 or through the DEF website Contact Us page at www.durangoeducationfoundation.org.
Wolf Creek tunnel gets LED lighting
The Colorado Department of Transportation has a project underway to replace the existing lighting in the U.S. Highway 160 Wolf Creek Pass tunnel with LED fixtures.
The new LED fixtures will bring the day and night lighting standards into conformance with national lighting standards and will save approximately 50 percent on monthly utility bills. Through Nov. 1, the tunnel will be fully closed day and night, seven days a week. Travelers are using the old U.S. Highway 160 alignment around the tunnel as a construction detour.
For more information, call 511 or visit www.cotrip.org.
Regional transit plans available
The Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Transit & Rail has released plans, covering Transportation Planning Regions which includes most of the state’s rural areas.
For the next 30 days, the plans for these regions can be viewed online or at CDOT and TPR offices:
Central Front Range – Custer, rural El Paso, Fremont, Park and Teller counties.
Gunnison Valley – Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties.
Intermountain – Eagle, Garfield, Lake, Pitkin and Summit counties.
Northwest – Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties.
Southeast – Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero and Prowers counties.
San Luis Valley – Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties.
Southwest – Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, and San Juan counties.
Upper Front Range – rural Larimer, rural Weld and Morgan counties.
All the individual regional transit plans will be integrated into the Statewide Transit Plan and then incorporated into CDOT’s Statewide Transportation Plan.
For more information, visit http://coloradotransportationmatters.com/other-cdot-plans/transit/.
Herald Staff
