The public is invited to the next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Jason Chuipka will present a program on “Navajo-Gallup Water Project Archaeology”. Chuipka is the principal investigator for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Cultural Resources Project, the largest federal archaeology project in the United States.

Meetings are open to anyone interested in Southwest culture and history. For more information, visit sjbas.org.

5K fundraiser to be held Saturday

Community Cares 5K Trekkin’ for Trish will be held Saturday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

A 1 mile fun run starts at 10 a.m., a 5 kilometer run starts at 10:45 a.m. Registration will be 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. The suggested donation is $10.

Proceeds will go directly to help Trish Walker, a longtime community member who has incurred large medical expenses.

To donate by check, send the check payable to: First Baptist Church of Durango, 332 E. 11th St., Durango, CO 81301. Put Community Cares 5K in the memo portion to ensure it will go to the Walkers. You can also give online by credit card or Paypal by going to www.firstbaptistdurango.org and clicking on the give link.

For more information, call Ken Flint at 903-2525.

Domestic animals focus of Thursday talk

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College will present “Care of Domestic Animals in the Event of a Natural Disaster” at 7 p.m. Thursday. This free presentation will be held in Noble Hall, Room 130 and is open to everyone.

John Porter will share the story of a Hurricane Katrina canine refugee from the 9th Ward in New Orleans. Learn how the La Plata County and Pagosa Springs humane societies helped in the relief effort and provided foster care for 68 dogs and 35 cats.

Butch Knowlton, director of La Plata County’s Department of Emergency Management, will then address our local situation and describe plans to care for large and small animals in the event of a natural disaster.

For a complete schedule of lectures, visit http://www.fortlewis.edu/professionalassociates.

PBS to screen racism documentary

Rocky Mountain PBS, the Durango Community Relations Commission and Fort Lewis College’s Office of Diversity Programming will present a free preview screening of February’s Independent Lens documentary “American Denial,” which looks at the handling of racism in the United States since the 1940s.

The screening will be at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.

A community conversation will follow, including an option to participate in an “implicit bias” test using your Smartphone or tablet.

Cosponsors are: The Powerhouse Science Center, 4cGLAD and Women’s Resource Center.

For more information, call 259-1674.

Daybreak Rotary Club looks at higher ed

Daybreak Rotarians will meet at 7 a.m. Wednesday in the Durango Community Recreation Center conference rooms, 2900 Main Ave. The public is invited. John Anderson, recently appointed to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, will discuss the challenges facing higher education in Colorado today, and the plans and funding formula now in place to address them. The impact on Fort Lewis will be emphasized. For more information, call Mary Oswald at 247-6332.

Dancing with Dharma class offered Sunday

Community dharma leader Erin Treat and black belt nia instructor Evonne Tocco will offer a one-day workshop focusing on movement and meditation. The experience is intended to deepen awareness through exploration and experimentation with sitting meditation and a range of dance, movement and music.

The class will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, in the second-floor dance studio at the Smiley Building. Cost is on a sliding scale from $40 to $50. Registration is at [email protected] or 799-0084.

Free class on healing relationships offered

Ed Ferrigan will offer a free demonstration of his Family Constellation process for healing relationships from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

For more information, visit edferrigan.respond.ontraport.net/familyconstellationsolutions or call 317-0001.

Herald Staff