Early childhood topic for Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club of Durango welcomes Fred Schneider and Lisa Barrett as its guest speakers at noon Thursday in the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
Their talk will be about early-childhood education and the return on investment in young children. They will introduce the documentary “Are We Crazy About Our Kids?” This discussion will address the importance of giving all children a strong start in life.
Youth Services fete honors Tiospaye
La Plata Youth Services will host a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the donation of deck and painting supplies by Tiospaye Living Vision in Durango from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at 2301 Main Ave.
For more information, call 385-4440.
Durango libraries now offer kids’ e-tablets
The Durango Public Library and its branches now offer Playaway Launchpad educational tablets for checkout, along with other new materials for children. The tablets and other items were purchased with money from the annual State Grants to Libraries.
The grant program is administered by the Colorado State Library to enable libraries to provide educational resources they would not otherwise be able to afford. The new items include 14 educational tablets, 22 Playaway Bookpacks, which combine preloaded MP3 players with print books, puppets and hundreds of new books for ages 0-8. Ten of the new tablets have been added to the collection at the main library. The Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa branch libraries have two Launchpads each.
For more information, visit www.durangopubliclibrary.org or call 375-3380.
Natural foods co-op announces classes
Durango Natural Foods Co-op, 575 East Eighth Ave., will offer these classes:
DIY Safe Body Care Products workshop by Nicole Mosher will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The cost is $17 for co-op members and $20 for nonmembers. Participants will learn to blend custom sunscreen and skin moisturizers using all natural products. Mosher will discuss other clean body-care product ideas, as well. Quality and organic supplies and recipes will be supplied. Participants should bring a small container to take home samples.
A beginning beekeeping workshop will take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 14. The cost is $10 for co-op members and $15 for nonmembers. This class will cover the basics of beekeeping. Marlayna Martinez will explore the pros and cons of top bar hives and Langstroth hives, display frames with comb and discuss her experiences in maintaining both. She will explain and discuss honeybee habits and unpredictabilities plus share her personal experiences with bees, including collecting honey, catching a swarm and other issues pertinent to starting a hive. Honey-tasting and handouts will be included.
For more information, visit Durangonaturalfoods.coop. To register, email design@durangonaturalfoods.coop or visit a store register.
Golfers raising funds for Adaptive Sports
The Glacier Club, Hillcrest Golf Club and Dalton Ranch Golf Club will each send their club pros and top members to the Glacier Club to compete for the most birdies during a 54-hole modified scramble to raise money for the Adaptive Sports Association on Aug. 31.
Adaptive Sports is Durango’s outdoor sports and recreation program for people with disabilities. To donate, people can make a flat donation or a per-birdie pledge. If people donate $1,000, they’ll receive 18-holes of golf for four people at The Glacier Club. Business sponsors also receive additional recognition.
For more information, call 259-0374 or email info@asadurango.com.
September is National Senior Center Month
September is National Senior Center Month.
La Plata County has three senior centers serving the area’s senior citizens – Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio. To help celebrate Senior Center Month, the La Plata Council on Aging invites seniors and the general public to stop by at one of the centers and see firsthand what programs and activities are available. Newsletters are available at the centers or people can read a newsletter online by typing in “La Plata County Senior Services.” The Durango center serves lunch seven days a week, and people should call for a reservation to 382-6445 before 9:30 a.m. or earlier for the day they’d like to eat lunch. People younger than 60 years of age pay $7, and the suggested donation for seniors is $4. Visitors are welcome.
Herald Staff
