Be Frank offering weekend to Be Wild
The Be Frank Foundation, which offers music and outdoor education to area youth, is offering a Be Wild! event at Cascade Creek on Aug. 8-10 for youth ages 12 to 18.
Be Wild! at Cascade Creek will teach students about natural surroundings, environmental stewardship and working as a team. Students will learn basic survival skills such as: building fires, purifying water, reading maps, constructing shelters, and leave no trace principles. This event is sponsored by Durango Outdoor Exchange, Pine Needle, Mild to Wild, and First National Bank of Durango. The registration deadline is Monday, Aug. 3, and the cost is $75.
For more information or to register, go to BeFrankFoundation.org.
Church hosting Vacation Bible School
Florida Mesa Presbyterian Church will host its Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 10-12 for children in first through sixth grades.
Children will participate in fun science labs, edible experitments and more. Contact Teri Roberts at 769-6458 to register.
Tech class coming to library
Have trouble keeping up with technology?
The Pine River Library is offering "Technology 102," the second part of an introductory technology class. This section of the class will allow students to explore current technology, providing tips on email, the internet, eCommerce, digital photos and safe computing. Participants did not have to attend the first part of this series for this class.
"Technology 102" is taught by Jon Cordalis, a.k.a "The Computer Tutor."
The three-hour course will be held on Wednesday, August 5, starting at 3 p.m. There is a $10 charge for the class, due at registration. Space is limited.
For more information about "Technology 102," contact the library at 884-2222, ext.522.
Be Frank accepting yard sale donations
The Be Frank Foundation will have a yard sale, open house and barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 15.
Donations for the sale are being accepted at 231 S. Clover Drive and are tax deductible. Please call 884-3120 or email befrankfoundation@gmail.com to arrange a drop off time.
Butler to discuss death in the west
The Center of Southwest Studies continues its 2015 summer lecture series, "Imagining the West", with Ann Butler's talk, "Bury My Heart at Boot Hill: Death in Southwest Colorado." Butler will speak at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 in the Center's Lyceum Room #120.
Journalist Ann Butler spent more than 10 years writing more than 5,000 obituaries for The Durango Herald, and in the process became both comfortable talking about death - often a taboo subject in modern American society - and fascinated in the many ways humans describe one of the things that's certain in life, that it will come to an end.
How we remember the dead has changed greatly since humans first came to Southwest Colorado. Whether it's the ancestral Puebloans, early Navajo and Ute hunter-gatherers, or Hispanic and Anglo settlers, traditions and even the language of death evolved with the cultures and the times. Butler's talk will explore the topic from pre-Hispanic time through the Victorian age.
All summertime lectures are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on specific Wednesdays and are free to the public. Parking at the Center of Southwest Studies is free of charge during the summer months.
For more information, contact the center at 247-7456 or visit swcenter.fortlewis.edu.
Ignacio library holding Maker Space
Ignacio Community Library holds MakerSkill sessions from 3 to 5 p.m. on Mondays and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
The following sessions will be held in August:
Monday, Aug. 3, 3D printing basics
Saturday, Aug. 8, OpenMake
Monday, Aug. 10, 3D printing basics
Saturday, Aug. 15, basic electric circuits and switches
Monday, Aug. 17, 3D printing basics
Saturday, Aug, 22, rocket science/launching rockets
Monday, Aug, 24, 3D printing basics
Saturday, Aug. 29, basic soldering
Monday, Aug. 31, 3D printing basics
For more information, call the library at 563-9287.
