During September, 62 Durango area businesses will offer incentives or discounts to people who show their Durango Public Library card.

A list of participating businesses can be found at www.durangopubliclibrary.org, or brochures are available at the library starting the week of Aug. 25. Heart-shaped stickers will be displayed on area merchants’ storefronts that read, “Durango Public Library Loves Local Business.”

For more information, call 375-3380.

Colorado biologist to speak Thursday

As part of the continuing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the federal Wilderness Act, a veteran Colorado biologist will talk about the importance of wilderness to wildlife populations in the Rockies.

Scott Wait, senior terrestrial biologist for the southwest region of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, will make a presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday in the lyceum at the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

Wait has worked for more than 30 years as a wildlife biologist in Colorado.

For more information, visit http://cpw.state.co.us.

High Noon Rotary to hear about housing

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 cost for lunch is $15. Karen Iverson will give an update on the Regional Housing Authority.

Designated drivers receive free sodas

San Juan Basin Health Department asks people to volunteer to be a designated driver at the San Juan Brewfest.

A designated driver is someone who decides they will be a sober driver for friends who are drinking. Pick up a designated driver bracelet at the entrance to San Juan Brewfest on Saturday at Buckley Park. Then show the lime-green bracelet at a participating vendor and be served a nonalcoholic drink free.

Time bank group to meet Tuesday

Hour Exchange La Plata will be introduced in Durango from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the downstairs library at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, at East Third Avenue and Ninth Street.

This is a new time bank in La Plata County. Members offer their skills, knowledge, labor and time to help other members with projects. They also make requests for help. Time & Talents is the software platform that the group uses to keep track of time bank activity. To make offers and requests for help from the membership, visit www.hourworld.org. Members must be at least 18 to have their own account. There is an annual donation of $25 per member. Each new member receives two hours of credit upon attending an orientation. Additional hours can be earned by attending monthly potlucks, bringing food to potlucks, and bringing a guest who joins.

For more information, visit the website above, www.helptimebank.com, or call Elizabeth Anderson at 884-9330.

Herald Staff