The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Pine Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 2500 Main Ave.

The meeting will feature a discussion with Deborah Morton, Department of Wildlife chemical representative, on the issue of herbicide carryover. The public is welcome. The purpose of the group is to address the issue and develop an educational program for entities that distribute manure as a soil amendment: herbicide applicators and area food producers.

Herbicides with the active ingredients aminopyralid, clopyralid or picloram can be effective in controlling weeds, but the residues can contaminate hays and grasses and the manure of any livestock that consumes the hay or grass treated with these herbicides.

For more information, call Gwen Lachelt at 382-6215 or email [email protected].

Kiwanis Club to meet Thursday

The Kiwanis Club of Durango will meet at noon Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

The guest speaker will be Eric Bruning, retired executor of a New York zoo. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, call 247-5011

DHS Class of 1964 to host reunion meeting

The Durango High School Class of 1964 will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the home of Sharon Schoser-Hamer to plan their 50th class reunion.

The reunion will include a picnic get-together at 5 p.m. Sept. 5 at the home of Schoser-Hamer and a dinner and dance at 5 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Sky Ute Casino Resort Event Center in Ignacio.

For more information and reservations, call (505) 330-9359.

Horse barrel race series to continue

The National Barrel Horse Association will continue the 4D Barrel Race Series Saturday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.

The cost is $40 for the open class; $30 for 4D youth; $30 for 4D senior; and $10 for nonmembers. The series is sanctioned by the National Barrel Horse Association, but people do not have to be a member to participate.

For more information, call Patti Carlile at 799-8968 or email [email protected].

Helicopter to inspect LPEA’s transmission

Tri-State Generation and Transmission, La Plata Electric Association’s primary power supplier, will conduct a helicopter fly-over/aerial inspection of LPEA’s transmission assets in the Animas Valley and the city of Durango, east to Bayfield, on Monday – weather permitting.

The effort is primarily for data-collection purposes, and Tri-State will look at terrain and vegetation in the transmission line corridor. About 83 miles of transmission line from the La Plata County border (near Cascade) to Bodo Industrial Park will be inspected, as well as the Florida Mesa area and lines east to Bayfield. Local residents may view the black helicopter with Merrick Engineering Inc.’s logo prominent on the side and identification tail numbers N5FX. Because of due heights and speeds flown, the flights will be minimally invasive.

Optimally, LPEA will provide more exact times in advance of the inspection at www.lpea.coop, through Twitter and LPEA’s email-alert list. To sign up, to follow LPEA on Twitter or receive email alerts, visit www.lpea.coop.

Herald Staff