The city of Durango contracting with Four Corners Materials will begin Phase II of the Dominguez Drive/Walmart paving project today.

Crews will remove the old asphalt on both the North and South entrances of Dominguez Drive at Camino del Rio. Repaving the roadway will take place Monday. The work is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and will be completed at midnight The construction will significantly alter lane patterns during the work time. Caution and slower speeds are essential. Delays and detours while work is being completed should be expected.

For more information, call Levi Lloyd at 375-4839.

Veterans’ town hall to take place today

The Fort Lewis College Veterans Club will host a Veterans’ Town Hall meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the FLC Student Union Ballroom.

This meeting will offer veterans the opportunity to give feedback pertaining to the Durango VA Outpatient Clinic and Services.

For more information, call 749-2606.

Resolving allergies to be discussed

Caleb Gates, licensed acupuncturist, will discuss “Resolving Allergies, Food Sensitivities and Sinusitis,” using Advanced Allergy Therapeutics; a safe, non-invasive treatment to resolve allergy symptoms at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Durango Public Library in Room 2, 1900 East Third Ave.

For more information, call 259-9488 or visit www.allergyreliefbeyondbelief.com.

Oktoberfest to be held at Transit Center lot

First National Bank of Durango’s 11th annual Oktoberfest Durango will take place from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Durango Transit Center parking lot, 250 E. Eighth St.

Music will be performed. Alpine Bank will host the Kinderplatz Kids Area featuring face-painting, bubble-making, Strider bike course, pumpkin explosion and apple bobbing. Sutherland Farms Market will create a pumpkin patch, and additional weekend activities include a dunk tank; kissing booth sponsored; giant Klackers game sponsored; and a skateboard exhibition. On Saturday only, competitions will include the German costume contest; brat-eating contest; and stein relay race.

Participating breweries will be Bottom Shelf Brewery (Bayfield), BREW Pub & Kitchen, Carver Brewing Co., Durango Brewing Co.; Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver); New Belgium Brewing Co. and Odell Brewing Co. (both of Fort Collins); Wolfe Brewing Co. (Pagosa Springs) and Santa Fe Brewing Co. Wine from Wines of the San Juan and cocktails from Wicked Hard also will be available. Proceeds from Oktoberfest benefit the Durango Business Improvement District.

For more information, visit http://oktoberfestdurango.com.

Kiwanis Club to meet Thursday

The Kiwanis Club of Durango welcomes Richard Robinson of the Archaeological Club of Durango as its guest speaker at noon Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, call 247-5011.

Life-Long Learning series continues

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College will present “The Long Journey Home: Life, Death, and Deliverance at a Frontier Army Post” at 7 a.m. Thursday, in Noble Hall, Room 130 at FLC.

In fall 2004, reports of past grave robbing at the Civil War-era Fort Craig post cemetery in New Mexico prompted a criminal investigation by federal law enforcement and Bureau of Reclamation archaeologists. In 2007, full recovery of any and all human remains was undertaken, with discovery that many of the graves had been looted.

Jeffrey Hanson, who has a long career teaching archaeology courses and conducting various archaeological field schools and studies throughout the Southwest, will share details of this story. This talk is co-sponsored with the Four Corners Lecture Series.

For a schedule of lectures, visit www.fortlewis.edu/professionalassociates.

Ignacio library to host Englehart reception

Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will host a Stanton Englehart Reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Participants will be able to view three of Englehart’s paintings now hanging at the library through the generosity of the Englehart Family Trust. Music will be performed by Michael Kunz. All are welcome.

For more information, call 563-9287.

Animas Museum to offer free day

Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave., will open free of charge from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 10th annual Museum Day Live!

A nationwide event, Museum Day Live! offers free admission to visitors presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket at a participating museum or cultural institution. The Museum Day Live! ticket may be downloaded at www. Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. Visitors who present this ticket will gain free museum admission for two for one day. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address.

For more information, visit www. Smithsonian.com/museumday/venues or call 259-2402.

Lecture series to be held at FLC

The Fort Lewis College History Department will present “What public, what history? Challenge and Opportunity in Public History Today” part of the Public History Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday in the FLC Student Union Ballroom.

The talk will be given by Rand Bergstrom UC Santa Barbara Professor of History and editor of The Public Historian.

Herald Staff