A Modere Exclusive Event featuring international business expert and speaker, Margie Aliprandi, will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Eolus Room of the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

Aliprandi will educate attendees about how to give their homes and lives a healthy makeover. The event will feature giveaways, free samples, snacks and beverages. Participants will learn about healthy, nontoxic products for the home, health and their beauty regimen.

For more information, call Meg Bush at 759-0199.

Road work on U.S. 550 near N.M. border

Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation will start a chip-seal project on U.S. Highway 550 at the state line beginning today.

The project will be in the northbound lanes from mile marker 0 to 3. Traffic will not be stopped, but the speed will be reduced to 40 mph through the work zone. Traffic will be reduced to one lane northbound. Southbound traffic will not be affected.

For more information, visit www.coloradodot.info/travel/scheduled-lane-closures.html.

Event to benefit Nepal children, schools

The nonprofit Karma & Jyamu Bhotia Foundation will hold a fundraising event and silent auction at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave.

The event will benefit schools and children in Nepal.

For more information, email bhotiafoundation.org, [email protected] or call (626) 200-8009.

City to host budget planning workshop

The city of Durango has begun the process of planning for the 2015 budget and will hold a public workshop at 5 p.m. July 29 in council chambers of City Hall, 949 East Second Ave.

In addition to learning more about the city’s budget and budget process, interested residents are encouraged to bring their ideas and suggestions, which will be considered by the city manager and staff during the budget process. The budget is usually adopted at a City Council meeting in the fall and goes into effect the first of the year.

To submit ideas, email [email protected] or mail to the City Manager’s Office, 949 East Second Ave., Durango, CO 81301. Comments are due Aug. 8.

Bayfield library to hold ‘Harry Potter’ party

Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive in Bayfield, will celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday with a “Potter Party” event at 11 a.m. July 31.

The library will show the last two films in the Harry Potter series. Free snacks will be provided, or attendees are welcome to bring their own. All movies are free.

For more information, call 884-2222 or visit www.prlibrary.org.

Herald Staff