Electra Sporting Club will begin burning slash piles on club owned parcels north of Durango this winter when appropriate snow cover has fallen.

Operations will take place in the Electra Lake area, where piles of slash remain from earlier fuel thinning as per the club’s Forest Stewardship Plan. Burning will take place early in the day, so resulting smoke is expected to disperse by nightfall. While piles are burning, smoke may be visible from populated areas. No closures are expected, and no trails are affected.

Rotary Club of Durango to meet

Mercy Cardiology Associates’ Sheena Carswell, CNS, BC-ADM, will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.

Carswell will speak about the “epidemic” of diabetes in America. Through its provider groups, Mercy Regional Medical Center provides disease management services for adult diabetes patients, as well as those identified as having prediabetes. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.

Mountain Middle students show projects

The Mountain Middle School seventh grade humanities class will exhibit their “Memoir Project,” a project focused on writing and students lives, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the amphitheater at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

Formed by the words of Willa Cather, “Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of 15.” The exhibition is open to the public. If the weather is bad, the event will be moved to the Reeder Room at Mountain Middle School.

Michael Martin Murphey to perform

Michael Martin Murphey, the “singing cowboy poet,” will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Cortez Elks Lodge, 2100 N. Dolores Road in Cortez.

The performance will benefit and is sponsored by Hospice of Montezuma, which is a local, nonprofit organization providing care for people facing an incurable illness or injury. There also will be an “Up Close & Personal” event with Murphey available, where a select group of people will have the opportunity to spend an hour with him. They will receive pictures, signed autographs and a free CD. Also, those ticket holders will have reserved seats. The price of this package is $125.

The general admission tickets are $35. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the concert starting at 7 p.m.

For tickets, call 565-4400 or visit www.hospiceofmontezuma.org. Tickets also are available at the Cortez Rocky Mountain One Stop and The Dolores State Bank.

Rosa Cemetery clean-up planned

Members of St. Peter-St. Rosa Catholic Church, 18851 Colorado Highway 151 in Arboles, are organizing a cleanup at the Rosa Cemetery from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

People with family or friends buried at the Rosa Cemetery are invited to join the first bi-annual cleanup. Coffee, soda and snacks will be provided by the Arboles Carmelitas.

To volunteer, call 883-3330.

Durango to perform weed abatement

The city of Durango Parks and Recreation Department will spray these areas:

Rank Park, Santa Rita Park, Rotary Park, Fassbinder Park and Viles Park will be sprayed on Monday.

Jenkins Ranch Park and Fort Lewis College Softball Complex will be sprayed on Tuesday.

Greenmount Cemetery and Buckley Park will be sprayed on Wednesday.

Due to unpredictable weather conditions, the spraying locations and days are not set within the spraying timeframe listed.

The herbicide that will be used is Vessel broadleaf herbicide.

For more information, call 375-7380.

Herald Staff