Rep. Scott Tipton will host these town-hall meetings:

Durango Town Hall will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.

Pagosa Springs Town Hall will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Ross Aragon Community Center, 451 Hot Springs Blvd., Pagosa Springs.

At the meetings, Tipton will answer questions and provide a legislative update on issues ranging from forest management to veterans health care.

Tipton also will participate in these meetings in addition to the town halls:

Tipton will meet with Upper Pine River Fire Protection District and tour the Deer Valley Fire Mitigation Project from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the fire station, 515 Sower Drive, Bayfield.

He will meet with the Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce to discuss topics including local economic development and federal regulation from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ross Aragon Community Center, 451 Hot Springs Blvd., Pagosa Springs.

Rotary Club hears Nepal status update

Karma Bhotia will speak on Nepal’s earthquake situation to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.

Bhotia had traveled to Kathmandu and was visiting family near the border in India when the April 25 earthquake struck. Several days later, he returned to Kathmandu by vehicle over damaged roads to fly back to Durango. Even after the second May 12 earthquake, his family is safe, but the country is devastated.

Karma and Jyamu Bhotia, owners of the Himalayan Kitchen, established the Karma and Jyamu Bhotia Foundation to help improve education and living conditions in their home region. Currently, they are channeling funds where they can best be used in the country for earthquake relief, and they are grateful for the public’s participation in a successful multi-restaurant fundraising event in Durango. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, call Dwight Burgess at 385-4223.

CCI board meeting set for Thursday

A board of directors meeting for Community Connections Inc. will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Lupine Conference Room at CCI, 281 Sawyer Drive, Suite 200.

For more information, call 259-2464.

Memorial Day service will be held in Allison

A Memorial Day service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Allison-Tiffany Cemetery located on County Road 329.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information, call 883-2451.

Durango announces holiday schedule

The following is the city of Durango’s schedule for the Memorial Day holiday Monday:

City administrative offices will be closed, including Durango City Hall, River City Hall, Durango Police Station and Substation, Durango Transit Center, Durango-La Plata County Airport, Greenmount Cemetery and the Parks & Recreation administrative offices.

The Durango Community Recreation Center will be open from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The aquatics area will close at 1:30 p.m. The Mason Center and Chapman Hill will be closed.

The Durango Public Library and all of the branches will be closed.

Commercial and residential trash and recycling pickup will occur as scheduled with all drop-off locations open. The Durango Recycling Center will be closed.

Transit and the trolley will run the Saturday schedule on all routes. The parking window in the Durango Transit Center will be closed.

Parking will be free downtown from Saturday through Monday.

Motorists reminded to watch for wildlife

The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and many nongovernment organizations remind motorists that wildlife-vehicle collisions are high this time of year.

Wildlife-vehicle collisions happen year-round. However, there always is an increase during migration seasons – typically November for fall and May for the spring – and the majority occur during the hours between dusk and dawn.

For more information, visit www.coloradodot.info/programs/environmental/wildlife/wildlifeonthemove/data-and-charts.

The next CDOT project to mitigate wildlife-vehicle collisions in La Plata County will begin after the Labor Day holiday. Located on U.S. Highway 160 about five miles east of the Colorado Highway 172 junction, the project will involve shoulder widening, fence installation and construction of a wildlife underpass.

Herald Staff