Mesa Verde to waive entrance fees
Mesa Verde National Park will waive entrance fees Saturday and Sunday in celebration of National Park Week.
Balcony House will be open for the season. Tours are $4 per person, per tour. Tickets may be purchased at the Visitor and Research Center located at the entrance to the park. Spruce Tree House is open for tours; no reservation is required.
For more information, visit www.nps.gov/meve or call 529-4465.
Children’s water festival seeks helpers
The 20th annual Children’s Water Festival will be held May 6 at Fort Lewis College.
Thirty volunteer guides are needed to lead more than 700 regional fifth-grade students and their classes to various water-related stations on campus. In exchange for this service, a continental breakfast, water-festival T-shirt, gourmet lunch and a keepsake water bottle and bag will be provided. In addition, the festival qualifies for seven hours of community service.
Guides will need to meet at 7:30 a.m. at the FLC Student Union Ballroom and will likely be finished sometime between 2 and 3 p.m. To volunteer, call Denise Rue-Pastin 247-1302, 946-9024 or email denise@waterinfo.org by April 21.
Help frame a home in May
The Habitat Hammers Club is looking for volunteers one day a week to help build a Habitat home in Bayfield.
Framing will start in May. A meeting will be held for interested people at 8:30 a.m. April 21 at the Habitat ReStore, 120 Girard St., Suite E.
For more information, email admin@habitatlaplata.org or call 382-2215, ext. 109.
Driver-safety class offered April 22
A Smart Driver Safety class, a defensive-driving class sponsored by the AARP Driver Safety Program, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 22 in the Pine Room at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
Registration will take place at 8:15 a.m. The class is a nationwide Department of Motor Vehicles accredited, defensive-driving program that highlights recognizing and compensating for naturally occurring age-related changes. The certificate is good for three years.
Auto-insurance discounts apply for drivers age 55 and older for the three years. The cost for AARP members is $15 and $20 for nonmembers and includes all class materials.
Beekeepers will hold a Saturday potluck
The Four Corners Beekeepers Association will host a potluck at 1 p.m. Saturday at a member’s home.
The group plans to hive a Top Bar and a Langstroth hive. Participants should bring a dish and a chair.
For more information, visit www.4corne rsbeekeepers.com.
Herald Staff
