The Colorado Department of Transportation encourages Coloradans to “Drink & Don’t Drive” over St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

Heightened DUI enforcement will run through 3 a.m. Tuesday. Through The Heat Is On campaign, the Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies throughout the state will work toward removing impaired drivers from Colorado roadways.

For more information, visit www. HeatIsOnColorado.com.

Rotary Club of Durango to meet Tuesday

Clyde Church, past-president and district governor elect, will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.

He will speak about an upcoming community relations strategy for key Rotary projects with an emphasis on local involvement. It will include meeting with key local business and community leaders about what Rotary is and does, encouraging them to participate in joint endeavors. Church also will talk on Rotary district and international projects for the coming year. Visitors are welcome.

For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.

Native Pacific Islanders to be discussed

The Fort Lewis College Native American Center welcomes Professor David Ga’oupu Palaita to campus as part of the Native American Center Speaker Series.

The community is invited to a presentation by Palaita called “The Oceans in the School: A Story about Native Pacific Islanders” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Noble Hall, Room 130. A reception will precede the presentation at 4:45 p.m.

Born and raised in Waipahu, Hawaii, Palaita holds degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle and the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught courses such as Pacific Islands Studies, Ethnic Studies, Philippine Studies and College Success at a number of institutions. Currently, he teaches Interdisciplinary Studies at the City College of San Francisco.

For more information, call 247-7292.

Free bike maintenance clinic available

Mountain Bike Specialists will offer a free basic bike-maintenance clinic from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the shop at 949 Main Ave.

The topics will include: How to prevent flats, how to remove/reinstall wheels, how to replace tube, how to use inflation devices and how to deal with blowout.

For more information, call 247-4066 or email [email protected].

DHS Class of 1964 to host reunion meeting

The Durango High School Class of 1964 will meet at 2 p.m. March 27 at Durango Joe’s on College Drive.

The group will discuss 50th reunion plans. All classmates are welcome and needed to locate missing classmates.

For more information, call 247-8225.

University women to host luncheon

The American Association of University Women – Durango Branch will host its annual Book-and-Author Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Vallecito Room at Fort Lewis College.

Howard “Bud” Poe and Ann Butler, co-authors of Trail Canyon: 6 Miles Long, 10,000 Years Deep, will discuss the settler’s struggles to educate their children as they ranched in this remote canyon west of Cortez.

The salad buffet luncheon is $35 per plate, including a $15 tax-deductible donation to the J. Cheryl Jackson Scholarship at Fort Lewis College and AAUW Scholarship Funds. RSVP by Monday with a check made payable to “Durango AAUW” and mail to Grace Deltscheff, 56 Red Cliffs Rd., Durango, CO 81301.

For more information, email [email protected].

Lenten fish dinner to be held Friday

A Lenten Fish Dinner will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 254 E. Fifth Ave., Durango.

The menu will include fish tacos, home fries, fruit, dessert and drink. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children ages 5 to 10.

For more information, call 247-5848.

Small plane crashes near Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say two men walked away from a single-engine airplane crash near Grand Junction.

Garfield County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Walt Stowe told The Daily Sentinel the plane crashed in the Bookcliffs area just before 7 p.m. Friday, and one of the men hiked to a nearby well pad to call 911.

The newspaper reported the pilot was bloodied but declined medical attention. The other man did not appear to be injured.

The men, whose names have not been released, were the only people aboard the plane when it crashed.

Herald Staff and Associated Press