Kari Schleher, laboratory director at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, will share her expertise at these events sponsored by the Telluride History Museum:

Schleher will present “The Archaeology of Pueblo Pottery: A History of Ancestral Pueblo Pottery Studies in the Southwest” at 6 p.m. Monday at the Wilkinson Library in Telluride. She will discuss how the knowledge of southwestern history has been shaped by pottery studies.

Schleher will lead participants deeper into that topic Sept. 26 with a tour to the great kiva at the Crow Canyon’s current excavation, the Dillard site, as well as the Pithouse Learning Center on campus, plus two hours in the center’s research lab.

The fee for the Sept. 26 program is $80 for Telluride History Museum members and $90 for nonmembers. A carpool will leave from the museum at 9 a.m.; attendees from other areas can arrange to meet at Crow Canyon.

For more information or to register, visit www.telluridemuseum.org/events or call (970) 728-3344, ext. 2.

Health of Animas River to be discussed

Officials from the State Environmental Protection Agency and members of the Animas River Stakeholders Group will give a presentation to the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners on the health of the Animas River and the status of the cleanup of mines near the headwaters of the Animas River.

The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the commissioners’ meeting room of the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Ave. The public is invited. Public comment will be taken.

For more information, call 382-6219.

Friends of the Arts offering grants

Durango Friends of the Arts’ applications for grants for 2015 are available at the Karyn Gabaldon Fine Arts Gallery, 680 Main Ave.

Completed applications must be returned no later than Oct. 15.

For more information, call Betty Kilpatrick at 375-1430.

Utility-rate study to be discussed

In order to address the challenges associated with aging infrastructure, the city of Durango contracted with the Willdan Group to conduct a comprehensive water and wastewater utility-rate study.

A public workshop will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Smith Chamber of City Hall, 949 East Second Ave., to present the findings of the study. The workshop also will include a presentation by Dewberry Engineering to review the state-mandated wastewater-treatment plant upgrades and the biological-nutrient removal standards set by the state.

For more information, call 375-4809.

High Noon Rotary Club to meet Thursday

The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.

The meetings are open to the public. The cost for lunch is $15. The group will hear from Beverly Dittmer, a cancer survivor.

Herald Staff