The Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Sundays of the month at the Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave.
Participants should use the lodge’s Ninth Street entrance.
The cost is $5 for veterans and $6 for non-veterans.
Animas Valley Grange, 7271 County Road 203, will present “Pest and Disease Control on Fruit Trees” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Darrin Parmenter will present a talk on ways to prevent and control some of the common pests and diseases of fruit trees in La Plata County.
He will emphasize methods that do not rely on harsh chemicals.
Parmenter is the La Plata County director of the Colorado State University Extension Office. Refreshments will be served.
For a schedule of monthly talks, visit the grange’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/animasvalleygrange/. For more information, call 403-3862.
The Durango Daybreak Rotary Club will meet at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
Marc Katz will speak about the vision, planning and happenings on Ewing Mesa.
For more information, call Mary Oswald at 749-6332.
The Durango Botanical Society will host its Spring Membership Party from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
This event is open to the public and will feature live music from Bob’s Yr Uncle, food, drink, a plein air art show and silent auction to benefit the society’s work creating and maintaining public gardens in the Southwest.
The party is free for members, and people may become members or donate at the door.
For more information, call 749-5642 or visit www.durangobotanicalsociety.com.
The Earth Day Film Celebration will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Miller Middle School Auditorium, 2608 Junction St.
The celebration will feature the screening of an award-winning documentary about food waste and the Youth Environmental Video contest.
Food from local restaurants will be available.
For more information, call 259-0385.
The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.
The cost for lunch is $15. The club will receive an update from a participant in the club’s student exchange program.
The Durango High School class of 1966 will host its 50th class reunion Sept. 9 and 10.
The class is seeking contact information for these classmates: Loretta Beagley, Monda Carr, Bill Cattles, Marsha Davis, David Dimas, Jim Edstrom, Ronnie Garcia, Walter Goddard, Earl Graham, Patricia Graham, Terry Handley, Larry Hubbs, Penny Hughes, Golda John Bradshaw, John Joyner, Madeleine Knapp, Louie Kosta, Doug Lee, Ken Lindsey, Brent Lunt, Norbet Maneval, Michaele Matthews, Margorie McCombe, LeRoy Meadows, Gordon Myers, Jack Paxton, John Peterson, Fred Raymond, Arlene Robbins, Bill Sherman, Kathy Smith, Mike Smith, Sharon Smith, Gary Theurer, Alan Wagner, Sandra White, Glen Wiebe, Mike Williams and Terry Turner.
Classmate contact information can be given to Barbara Conn at 259-6395 or by email at conn.barb@gmail.com.
FireWise of Southwest Colorado is offering a Chipper Rental Rebate Program for residents who need to reduce the slash from wildfire fuels mitigation on private lands.
The program, which began April 1, is open to all residents in Montezuma, Dolores, La Plata, San Juan and Archuleta counties.
The program will reimburse residents the lesser of either $100 per day or 50 percent of the chipper rental cost or mitigation contractor cost.
Rebates are also available to homeowner associations that sponsor a chipping day. The program will run until Oct. 30.
Rebate forms are available at www.southwestcoloradofires.org (For the Homeowner tab) and most equipment rental stores.
For more information, call Bill Trimarco at 264-0430 or email archuletafirewise@gmail.com.
The eighth and final session of the Great Decisions discussion series will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.
Participants are invited to bring a sack lunch. The subject of this discussion will be “Cuba and the United States.” Ross and Ellen Park will lead the discussion.
In 2015, the Parks joined a People-to-People tour of Cuba and spent two weeks traveling around the Caribbean island.
Herald Staff
