The following is the city of Durango’s schedule for Monday, Presidents Day:

City administrative offices will be closed in observance of the holiday, including Durango City Hall, River City Hall, Durango Police Station and Substation, Durango-La Plata County Airport, Greenmount Cemetery, and Parks & Recreation administrative offices.

The Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill will be open regular hours.

The Mason Center/gymnastics will be open regular hours with regularly scheduled classes.

The Durango Public Library and all of the library branches will be closed.

Commercial and residential trash and recycling service will run as normal. Residential customers are asked to have trash or recycle cans out by 8 a.m. for service. The Durango Recycle Center will be closed.

Durango Transit and the trolley will run regular schedules on all routes. The Transit Center parking window will be closed.

Parking meters will be free downtown.

Event to benefit local teachers

Office Depot, SOS Outreach, and Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort will host the new fundraising event “La Plata County Teacher Appreciation Day” on Monday at DMR.

DMR will offer these discounted lift tickets on Monday at the ticket window: $65 for adults, ages 18-64; $50 for teens, 13-17; $40 for kids, 6-12 years; $55 for seniors, 65-79; and $35 for Super Seniors, 80 and older. Up to $20 of every lift ticket sold will be donated to the fund.

The fund has been established to provide Office Depot gift certificates directly to qualified teachers in La Plata County, including Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio schools and charter schools in the county. Teachers will use the cards to purchase supplies for their classrooms and students. The new fund will be an ongoing program with the goal to grow it over time.

La Plata County kindergarten to 12th-grade school staff, teachers, administrators, etc. are able to ski or snowboard Monday for $25 per lift ticket plus a complimentary lunch voucher. Other deals and activities are planned for school staff, including an après ski event. The tubing hill also will be open special hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday for $10 per hour per tube. Five dollars of each tubing hill ticket sold will be donated to the fund.

A “Stuff the Bus” effort to collect school supplies and donations for La Plata County schools also will take place. The public is asked to bring school supplies on Monday to the plaza. A list of needed supplies is available at www.skipurg.com/teacher. Donations to the La Plata County Teacher Appreciation Fund also will be collected in the plaza.

Great Decisions group to meet Tuesday

Dennis Aronson, a retired professor from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, will be the Great Decisions discussion facilitator from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., on the topic of “Sectarianism in the Middle East.”

The Great Decisions program is an international affairs discussion group sponsored by the Durango Public Library and the League of Women Voters of La Plata County. The public is invited. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch.

Habitat construction committee to meet

The Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County Construction Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Restore Conference Room, 120 Girard St. in Bodo Industrial Park.

The committee oversees the bid process alongside supervisor Alan Lynn to ensure bids are within budget and approved as to policy. During the 2015 build of a duplex, the committee will support Lynn as issues arise.

Presentation by Southern Ute elders

“Journey into the Medicine World” will be presented at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyceum Room of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

The presentation will be given by Eddie Jr. and Betty Box, and it is free and open to the public. The Boxes are active members of the Ignacio community. Eddie Jr. is Southern Ute, and his wife is of both Navajo and Spanish ancestry. Both are honorary members and respected elders of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

For more information, call 247-7225 or email [email protected].

Quilting guild to meet Thursday

The La Plata Quilters Guild will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road.

The presentation will be “KISS, Keep it Super Simple and have fun.” Participants will learn about making eye pillows for Mercy Regional Medical Center, Project Linus and Gold Star Mothers’ quilts. This meeting will be helpful for new quilters. A making name tags workshop will take place Saturday, or people are invited to bring a project of their own to work on. The guild meetings have been moved from the fourth Thursday of the month to the second Thursday.

For more information, call 560-5719.

Herald Staff