The La Plata Quilters Guild will meet on Thursday at its new location, First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive.

The program will include completed Block of the Month projects from 2015, awards for the UFO challenge (unfinished objects) and installation of officers for 2016. A social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the meeting will start at 6 p.m. Guests are welcome.

For more information, email Holli Pfau at [email protected].

County commissioner to hold office hours

La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff will hold office hours for the general public from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Pine River Library Conference Room, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, in Bayfield.

Bayfield-area residents are invited to share their interests and concerns.

For more information, call 382-6219.

Designing in miniature 4-week class offered

“Working in Miniature” is a four week class that will explore designing botanicals and nature in miniature.

Participants will analyze subject and placement with instructor Toby Ellis, and should bring pictures, ideas or an iPad to class. Participants will learn how to turn their ideas into miniatures. The paper will be provided. Participants should bring pencils, watercolor pencils or water colors. The class will take place from Jan. 20 to Feb. 10. The cost is $60.

For more information, call 749-5642. To register, visit www.durangobotanicalsociety.com.

High Noon Rotary Club to meet

The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.

Meetings are open to the public. The cost for lunch is $15. Andrew Gulliford will discuss his new book, Outdoors in the SW: An Adventure Anthology.

Radon informational classes available

Radon informational classes will be held in the Animas Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., on these dates:

2 to 3 p.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday.

10 to 11 a.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19.

10 to 11 a.m. Jan. 21.

10 to 11 a.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26.

Participants will learn what radon is, why to care, and what to do with the information after a home has been tested. A limited number of radon-screening tool kits will be available free of charge for people who have pre-registered for the class at least three days in advance. People registering at the door will pay a discounted price of $5 per kit.

For more information or to preregister, call Wendy Rice at 382-6461.

Garden talk examines Ecuadoran flowers

The Garden Club of Durango will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., for a presentation by John Bregar, a geologist, geophysicist and botanist, about wildflowers in Ecuador.

While in Ecuador to bird watch and climb volcanos, Bregar photographed the showy and exotic plants growing in the cloud forests in the Andes. Visitors are welcome.

To RSVP, call Marsha Schuetz at 247-0198.

Back Country Horsemen to meet

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.

Nonmembers are welcome. Mike Jensen, Bureau of Land Management range manager for the Spring Creek Herd Management Area, will discuss plans for the continued well-being of the wild horses.

For more information, visit www.4cbch.org, call Cathy Roberts at 749-0316 or email [email protected].

Health insurance to be discussed

“Understanding Colorado’s Health Insurance Marketplace,” a presentation by Kevin O’Connor, health coverage guide for San Juan Basin Health, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.

The Affordable Care Act has increased the availability and affordability of health insurance for many Coloradans. This presentation will explain what has changed and how a family may be affected.

Emphasis will be on understanding how to obtain health insurance through Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s health insurance marketplace.

For more information, call Kevin O’Connor at 335-2021 or email [email protected].

Paleoindians in state examined in talk

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

Fort Lewis College professor Jesse Tune will present “Colonizing the Southern Rockies: Timing and Adaptations of the First Coloradans.”

Tune works primarily on Paleoindian sites that were occupied at the end of the last Ice Age and how people adapted their behaviors and technologies to cope with those environmental changes.

He is currently developing new research projects that are locally focused on the first people to live in the Southern Rockies and the San Juan Basin.

The public is invited.

For more information, visit www.sjbas.org.

Herald Staff