The Florida Cemetery Association annual meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the old Florida Baptist Church, 2061 County Road 225, adjacent to the cemetery.

All interested parties are welcome.

For more information, call Fred Robyns at 247-1849.

Construction continues on U.S. 550/160

These travel impacts can be expected as work continues on the Continuous Flow Intersection on U.S. Highway 550/160:

Daytime northbound closures on Roosa Avenue will take place from U.S. Highway 160 to Ninth Street.

Median and left lane closures are possible anytime on U.S. Highway 160 West. Through-lane closures are possible in both directions west of the intersection from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Single-lane closures will take place on U.S. Highway 550 northbound from the College Drive intersection and extending south past the U.S. Highway 550/160 intersection for the installation of mast arms and mast arms sign, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Southbound single-lane closures on U.S. 550 southbound south of College Drive will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, and also after 7:30 p.m. for island construction and signal mast arms and mast arm signs.

For more information, call (970) 238-1669 or email [email protected].

Roadrunner to start its grocery-store run

Southern Ute Community Action Programs announces the start of a new but temporary public transit service connecting the Ignacio area with The Grocery Store in Bayfield in response to the pending shutdown of the Ignacio Shur Valu grocery store on Monday.

The Ignacio Senior Center will also add one trip per week of assisted shopping for people with disabilities and the elderly. The senior center will continue its weekly assisted grocery shopping trip to Durango from Ignacio.

Road Runner Transit will operate curb-to-curb services, three runs per week, leaving in the late morning and allowing for one hour of shopping in Bayfield. People needing a ride to the Ignacio Community Library or senior center for pick-up should schedule a ride with Ignacio Area Dial-a-Ride at 799-6201.

The assisted trips operated by the senior center have a maximum capacity of six people per trip, so riders are asked to call at least the day before the trip to schedule a seat.

For a schedule, visit www.sucap.org. For more information, call 563-4545, 563-4561 or 769-6120.

Free raw, vegan treats to be offered at event

A “Healthy Happy Hour” event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Durango Dance Studio, 1120 Main Ave., No. 1.

The event is free. People will sample raw/vegan treats and talk about health and cleansing.

For more information, call Emyrald Sinclaire at (520) 220-8029 or visit www.experienceraw.com. To RSVP, email [email protected].

Benefit documentary screened for free

A free screening of the 2014 film “Emerging Women of Burma” will be take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Unitarian Universalist Church, 419 San Juan Drive.

This benefit documentary follows the development of women leaders in the radically changing country of Burma – also known as Myanmar – and examines the importance of educational access for women. The film was made by We Women, a nonprofit organization based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Donations will benefit their scholarship fund that supports women from Myanmar who are studying for bachelor and masters’ degrees.

The film is co-sponsored by locals Alyssa Paylor, Victoria FittsMilgrim, Shanta Foundation and the Women’s Resource Center.

For more information, visit http://on.fb.me/U95r1s or call 903-0803.

Some high-priority wells going uninspected

ALBUQUERQUE – The number of high-priority oil and natural gas wells on federal and tribal land in New Mexico has nearly doubled during the last two years, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is racing to keep up with inspections.

BLM officials in New Mexico say they have nearly 650 wells that are classified as high priorities because of their production levels, risks for contamination, the safety records of their operators and other reasons.

They insist they’re on track to have them all inspected by the end of September, thanks to the creation this year of a special strike team. Similar efforts likely will be needed next year.

Environmentalists say the agency is ill-equipped to deal with the oil and gas boom in the West.

“It’s a bad situation that will only get worse as (President Barack) Obama puts the final screws to coal and looks the other way on gas development,” said John Horning, executive director of Santa Fe-based WildEarth Guardians.

Plea change hearing set in governor’s email case

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal court has scheduled a hearing Monday for a possible plea change by Gov. Susana Martinez’s former campaign manager, who is set to go to trial next month on charges of hijacking the campaign’s email system after Martinez became governor.

Jamie Estrada’s attorney, Zach Ives, said Friday he couldn’t comment on whether his client had reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors

The hearing for Estrada will be held before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lorenzo Garcia.

Estrada has pleaded not guilty to charges of intercepting email in the campaign account and making false statements to federal investigators.

Herald Staff and Associated Press