Dr. Temple Grandin, an internationally famous animal scientist, will end her visit to Durango at a picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Student Union quad at Fort Lewis College.

The Environmental Center and Real Food Challenge will celebrate with Grandin on her work promoting a system-wide shift to more humane food-industry practices. The menu will feature humanely raised meats, seasonal local produce, fair foods, and ecologically-sound products. Grandin’s book Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, is the book chosen for the FLC Common Reading Experience. The cost is $10 for the public, and $7 for students.

Tickets are available at the Environmental Center and Durango Visitor’s Center. For more information, visit www.fortlewis.edu/environmentalcenter.

One Colorado holds Durango events

One Colorado, the state’s leading advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Coloradans, is holding several events in Durango:

Supporting LGBTQ Students in Southwest Colorado: A Community Conversation will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Monday in Room 130 Noble Hall at Fort Lewis College.

Know Your Rights: LGBT Health in Durango will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Monday in Room 130 Noble Hall at Fort Lewis College.

Learn About Transgender Health in Durango will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the downstairs conference room at the Durango Public Library.

Freedom in Every Corner Tour Shop: Durango will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Room 125 of Noble Hall at Fort Lewis College.

Zia Taqueria to support iAM Music

Zia Taqueria will host a benefit weekend for the iAM Music Institute on Saturday and Sunday at both north and south locations.

iAM will have some of its students playing in the afternoon at the south location on Saturday and at the north location on Sunday. A percent of Zia Taqueria’s weekend sales will go to help iAM Music Institute in its mission to empower Durango-area youth by providing them music instruction and free instruments.

For more information, visit ZiaTaqueria.com and iammusic.us

Free legal clinic available in Ignacio

A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be featured from 2 to 5 p.m. on the second Friday of each month at the Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave. in Ignacio.

By computer link, volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues, and civil-protection orders.

For more information or to be added to the sign-up sheet, call 563-9287.

Run, marathon to benefit WRC

The second annual Gena Rych 5K Memorial Run/Walk will join with the Durango Double Half Marathons to support the Women’s Resource Center on Oct. 10-11 at the Animas Surgical Hospital, 575 Rivergate Lane.

The Gena Rych Memorial 5K will start at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, while the Durango Double Trail and Road Races will start at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday respectively.

The Gena Rych Memorial Fund was formed to keep Rych’s memory alive through a scholarship fund for young women and the Gena Rych Memorial 5K Run/Walk. The Durango Double is a nonprofit running event featuring two half-marathons on trail and road that takes place annually in October.

Presented by Animas Surgical Hospital and Ska Brewing, all proceeds will benefit the Women’s Resource Center, an organization advocating for the personal empowerment and economic self-sufficiency of women and girls in La Plata County.

Runners can sign-up at https://runsignup.com/dd and entry includes free admission into Durango’s Oktoberfest celebration. Races include finish line festivities by the Animas River, free kids races, awards for all finishers, plus prizes for Doublers.

For more information, visit durangodouble.com/schedule.

Human resource managers to meet

The Durango Area Human Resource Managers will offer as its October Lunch and Learn a presentation by Barbara Gormally titled, “Personality Types and Mindfulness in the Workplace,” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Conference Room at the Bank of Colorado, 1199 Main Ave.

Gormally, a self-masterly life coach, will explore a more concrete understanding of personality imprint in workplaces. The presentation also will demonstrate how the Enneagram tool can help people understand and master capacity for the application of skills, talents, and abilities.

The cost of $15 for DAHRM members or $17 for nonmembers and includes a box lunch which will be provided by Jimmy Johns. To RSVP by Tuesday, email [email protected].

Herald Staff