An AARP Driver Safety Course will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pine Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.

Participants should arrive at 8:15 a.m. to register.

People will learn how to avoid driving hazards. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers.

For more information, visit aarp.org/drive.

FLC to host haunted house

Fort Lewis College’s fourth annual haunted house will take place from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 28-29 in the Student Union Ballroom on campus.

All ages are welcome. The haunted house is free for FLC students, $5 for the general public. All proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity.

Construction may affect river trail

The city of Durango has contracted with DB Technologies to install a fiber-optic line between River City Hall and the cemetery.

As part of the fiber-optic installation, starting Monday, construction crews will be working along the Animas River Trail through Schneider Park.

The contractor may need to close sections of the trail and will provide a marked detour around the trail section through the turf grass in the park.

The contractor also will install fiber optics under the Animas River Trail at both ends of the pedestrian bridge between Schneider Park and Iris Park, and across the south end of Iris Park.

It is not anticipated that the Animas River Trail will be closed, but construction signage will be in place, and crews will be working adjacent to the trail.

The contractor expects to be completed with work in Schneider and Iris parks and at both ends of the bridge by Nov. 4.

Living-wage advocates to host fundraiser

La Plata County Thrive! Living Wage Coalition will host a Halloween FUN(d)RAISER from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Red Snapper Restaurant, 144 E. Ninth St.

Costumes are encouraged.

Tips at the cash bar and proceeds from the special Thrive Drink will support Thrive!’s Employer Recognition Program. There will be a silent auction, half-price appetizers and a prize for the best costume.

For more information, visit www.thrivelaplata.org.

Christmas bazaar is seeking vendors

The annual St. Columba Christmas Bazaar will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5.

Vendors are needed to sell homemade, handcrafted goods. Proceeds will benefit St. Columba Youth Ministry.

To reserve a craft booth before Oct. 30, call 247-0044.

Archaeology society hosts NAGPRA talk

As part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Sheila Goff and Ernest House, Jr. at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Sunflower Theatre, 8 E. Main St., Cortez, to discuss “NAGPRA at 25: Colorado’s Implementation Present and Future.”

Goff and House will provide a brief overview of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and then they will focus on its implementation by the state through the collaboration among the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, History Colorado, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, a collaboration that has provided a national model for other states to use.

For more information, call Kari Schleher at (505) 269-4475.

Herald Staff