The new Community Development Services Online Toolkit is now available. It is designed to improve access to property information and services to residents of La Plata County, according to The La Plata County building, planning and code enforcement departments.

Residents can apply for many types of building permits, view and schedule inspections, view planning applications, report code violations or check the status of code-enforcement claims. La Plata County Engineering also has new driveway-permit information and applications that can be filled out online. All other county property information can be accessed at http://co.laplata.co.us/CDS.

In order to have access to submit or review permits and applications, request or review inspections or check the status of a code enforcement case, people must be a registered user.

For more information, call 382-6250, 382-6263, 382-6363 or Susan Hakanson at 382-6212.

Get kale, chard and more on FLC campus

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday outside the Student Union on Fort Lewis College campus.

The stand will offer kale, chard, radishes, zucchini, carrots, red beets, peppers, onions, rainbow potatoes, Anaheim green chiles, Pueblo chiles, collards, pumpkins, squash, turnips, garlic heads, basil, flat-leaf parsley, dill, basil pesto, arugula pesto, dehydrated onions, zucchini bread, roasted poblano chiles, yellow pepper rings, grass-fed beef and local pork.

For more information, email [email protected].

Ignacio FFA to offer oyster, catfish, chicken

The Ignacio FFA chapter will present its bi-annual Rocky Mountain Oyster, Catfish and Chicken Fry from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday on the lawn in front of Ignacio High School.

The cost for the all-you-can-eat dinner is $15 for adults and $10 for children younger than 10. The FFA chapter will serve Rocky Mountain oysters, catfish, chicken, coleslaw, beans, rolls, dessert, tea and lemonade. Proceeds will benefit the Ignacio FFA chapter. This is a tobacco- and alcohol-free event.

Flapjack fundraiser to aid DHS music

Durango Instrumental Music Booster Club and the Durango High School Red Pride Marching Band will hold a Flapjack Fundraiser from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Applebee’s, 800 South Camino del Rio.

The menu will include pancakes, sausage and choice of coffee, juice or soft drink. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased in advance or at the door on a first-come, first-serve basis. The booster club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the DHS Instrumental Music Program.

All funds raised provide direct financial support to these programs: ensemble sectional instruction; marching band music; music festival/competition entrance fees; transportation to events/competitions; and student recognition for outstanding achievements and contributions.

For more information, email Darci Warren at [email protected].

Puppies and dogs available for adoption

Puppies and adult dogs will be available for adoption from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Petsense, 1185 South Camino del Rio, No. 100.

Participating shelters are Annie’s Orphans, Black Hat Humane Society and the Farmington Animal Shelter.

For more information, call 259-3355.

Animas run to benefit Lisa Parker’s Puppies

The Animas Mug Run will take place Sunday at Animas City Mountain 32nd Street trailhead.

Check-in will take place at 8:30 a.m. Runners in the 6.2-mile run will start at 9 a.m. The dog-friendly short course of 3.4 miles will begin at 9:15 a.m., and the 1 mile fun run and hike will take place at 9:30 a.m.

Kids younger than 12 are free with adult registration. Preregistration is available at Pine Needle Mountaineering, the Pet Haus or on race day. The event will benefit Lisa Parker’s Puppies, a local nonprofit that finds homes for rescued dogs.

For more information and registration, visit lisaparkerspuppies.com.

Water rights up for discussion at FLC

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will present, “Reconciling Water Rights, Law, Justice, and Ecology in the 21st Century” with guest speaker Eric Perramond at 6 p.m. Monday in the center’s Lyceum Room.

Perramond is an associate professor of environmental science and Southwest studies at Colorado College in Colorado Springs and a geographer by education. He is the author of Political Ecologies of Cattle Ranching in Northern Mexico: Private Revolutions, and has been working on this New Mexico water-adjudication project since 2006. Perramond will discuss why water rights’ adjudications are one of the most consequential state procedures in the American West. These legal and administrative pursuits quantify, and locate, every water rights user in each state.

For more information, call 247-7456 or visit http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu.

Herald Staff