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

FLC professor of history and environmental studies Andrew Gulliford will present “Looking for History: Learning to Read the Landscape.” This talk will focus on understanding and protecting a variety of cultural resources including petroglyphs, pictographs, historic trails and inscriptions, culturally modified pine trees, and cowboy line camps. The Animas Canyon toll road, recently added to the La Plata County Historical Register, will be discussed, as well as aspen tree carvings by Hispanic shepherds.

For more information, visit www.sjbas.org.

AARP to offer discount to veterans

AARP will offer a 20 percent membership discount for veterans, their families and people interested in new memberships or renewals through Thursday.

A portion of the member dues will be used to provide RealPad tablets to the USO along with the personal thank you letters collected during the campaign.

For more information, visit www.aarp.org/thankavet.

Free legal clinic available in Ignacio

A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney, will be offered 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 and to be added to the sign-up sheet, call 563-9287.

Holiday bazaar to take place Nov. 14

A Holiday Bazaar will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at The Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave.

Participants should enter through the Third Avenue door located on the east side of the building. The bazaar will feature arts and crafts from local artisans and Durango Montessori Elementary School families, silent auction items and services, apparel from Cartwheel Clothing, food from Bread, Cream Bean Berry ice cream and pre-made gift baskets. The silent auction will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

For more information, visit www.durangomontessori.com.

Habitat to host wine tasting, auction

The 16th annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction for Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the DoubleTree Hotel Ballroom, 501 Camino del Rio.

The event will feature music by Joel Racheff, a silent auction, appetizers and wine. Tickets are $45 per person.

For more information, call 385-2215 or visit www.habitatlaplata.org.

Durango Transit free on Saturday

Durango Transit passengers will receive free transit on Saturday sponsored by San Juan Basin Health Department as part of its ongoing effort to educate about the health consequences of tobacco use.

This sponsorship hopes to empower tobacco users to quit for good with free and effective quitting resources. Ride the regularly scheduled Loop Bus Routes and the on-call Opportunity Bus (must meet certain requirements) within the city limits free all day. The Main Avenue Trolley is always free to ride.

For more information, visit www.getarounddurango.com or call 259-5438.

United Way seeks donations, volunteers

United Way of Southwest Colorado will prepare a holiday gift for the men, women and children at Volunteers of America Shelter and is seeking volunteers to do the following:

Donate time by filling each handbag or kit.

Donate gently used women’s handbags, men’s toiletries kits or child’s lunch box.

Donate useful and fun items to go into each container.

Donated items can be dropped off at United Way of Southwest Colorado, 281 Sawyer Drive, Suite 400. The first meeting to begin assembling items for The Happy Handbag Project will be held at United Way’s office at 11 a.m. Nov. 19.

For more information, call 247-9444, ext. 11.

Herald Staff