Archaeologists hear about Florida site
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.
Fred Moeller will present his experiences taking part in excavations at the “Old Vero Man Site” in Florida. Human skeletal remains have been found together with extinct mega-fauna such as mammoths, mastodons, giant saber-tooth tigers, giant sloths, and other large animals from the Late Ice Age or the Late Pleistocene period. There is controversy regarding whether or not the humans were present at the same time as the mega-fauna.
Lynn Robinson, U.S. Forest Service Columbine Ranger District Archaeologist, will present an update on historic properties in the new Hermosa Special Management Area of the San Juan National Forest.
The public is invited. For more information, visit sjbas.org.
Rotary Club learns about life in Burma
The Rotary Club of Durango will feature Jennifer Goodman, daughter of Durango Rotarian Roger Ptolemy, who is on leave from Burma (Myanmar) at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.
Goodman, a former student at Durango High School, is now an English language instructor for teens and adults and teaches a Burmese history elective at the American Center in Rangoon. Her talk will be about the history of Burma (Myanmar) past and present and about living in the country.
For more information, call Dwight Burgess at 385-4223.
Family fun with the Brothers Grimm
The Durango Arts Center will present “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” at 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the center’s theater, 802 East Second Ave.
This is a family production performed by kids ages 9 through 13 enrolled in the DAC Applause! summer performing art camp. Come see how two narrators attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a fast-paced extravaganza. Tickets are $8.
For more information, visit www.DurangoArt.org.
Librarian, author gives Bayfield talk
The Friends of the Pine River Public Library will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Community Room of the library at 395 Bayfield Center Drive.
Shelley Walchak, library director and author, will give a talk at 10:30 a.m. on her new book, 52 Rivers.
Divorce, custody seminar offered
“Doing your own divorce and/or custody in Colorado” will be the topic of a free seminar at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.
The seminar will be presented by a volunteer attorney from Southwest Bar Volunteer Legal Aid.
For more information, call 247-0266.
Herald Staff
