The Cortez Journal encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted at least two weeks in advance will have a better chance of getting published; items submitted several days before the event might not get published. For more information, call the Journal at 565-8527.
Students can meet college reps at Unlimited Learning Center
Students can meet representatives from College of Eastern Utah-Utah State University from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the Unlimited Learning Center, 640 E. Second St., Cortez.
Refreshments and give-aways to visitors.
For more information, call 565-1601.
Work on city water lines will affect business, property owners
A meeting for property owners and businesses that will be affected by upcoming city of Cortez water-line work will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Cortez Service Center, 110 West Progress Circle.
A major water line relocation project on South Broadway is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 29, and will continue through Nov. 29.
Triad Western Constructors will install approximately 4,500 feet of 12-, 8- and 6-linch water main lines for the city between Third Street and McElmo Drive. Periodic traffic delays of 20 minutes or less are expected.
For more information, call the Triad public information officer at 749-1113.
CSU Extension will offer info on food safety; test canner gauges
Colorado State University Extension master food safety advisors and master gardeners will answer questions, test pressure canner gauges, supply handouts and have a display of suggested supplies on display at the following times and locations: 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, Calvin Denton Room, Empire Electric Association, 801 N. Broadway, Cortez; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Slavens True Value Hardware, 237 W. Main, Cortez; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, Slavens True Value Hardware, 237 W. Main, Cortez; and 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, Calvin Denton Room, Empire Electric Association, 801 N. Broadway, Cortez.
The public is invited to bring questions about food safety, food preservation, or gardening in this area.
For more information, contact Lucy Butler at 560-8840 or lcbutler@ftitel.net.
CSU Southwestern Colorado research center will hold field day
Colorado State Universitys Southwestern Colorado Research Center will hold a field day Thursday Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 16910 Montezuma County Road Z, Yellow Jacket, approximately 0.25 miles west of U.S. Highway 491, right next to the Fairview Cemetery.
Registration will start at 9 a.m. Introductions will start at 9:40 a.m., and the field tours at 10 a.m. Lunch will be provided.
The following topics will be addressed: irrigation water management, dry bean improvement and production practices, wheat performance trials, sunflower hybrid selection and production practices; insect control in wheat, dry bean, and sunflower; and dryland crop rotations. Attendees will have the option to tour the fruit trees and vineyard demonstration orchard after lunch. There will also be booths and displays relating to sprinkler irrigation design, soil and natural resources conservation, oilseed crops and their uses, water resources management in the San Juan and Dolores watersheds, and more.
Speakers will include Mark Brick, CSU bean breeder; Ron Meyer, NE Colorado Area agronomist, Bob Hammon, Western Colorado extension agent/entomologist; Denis Reich, Western Colorado water management specialist, Larry Kawanabe, NRCS-Cortez irrigation water management specialist, and Abdel Berrada, research scientist/agronomist.
Anyone with an interest in the topics listed above is invited. RSVP is appreciated but not required. There is no registration fee.
For more information, call 970-562-4255 or email neeta.mahaffey@colostate.edu.
Hospice of Montezuma will host suicide survivors support group
Hospice of Montezuma will host a suicide survivors support group at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at 1345 S. Broadway, Cortez.
For more information, call 565-4400.
San Juan Bible camp will hold sale for camper scholarship fund
San Juan Bible Camp will hold a yard sale from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 208 N. Dolores Road, Cortez.
The sale will benefit the camper scholarship fund. San Juan Bible Camp gives camper scholarships to help community kids have a summer camp experience.
If you would like to donate items for the yard sale or have questions, contact the camp office at 533-7622 or email sanjuanbiblecamp@q.com.
Baisan will lead trek to observe world of dragonflies at Denny Lake
Discover the world of dragonflies by joining dragonfly enthusiast April Baisan in observing them at local lakes, and learning basic identification techniques with binoculars and/or insect net, and their incredible natural history from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 27.
Some dragonflies can migrate across entire oceans and continents. They can fly forwards at speeds of more than 100 body lengths per second and turn on a dime. Theyve been around for more than 300 million years and were once as large as crows.
Bring binoculars, insect nets, cameras, water and a hat, wear sturdy shoes and be prepared for any weather. There will be some binoculars to borrow.
Meet at Denny Lake at 9 a.m. and be able to caravan to another site or two. Cost is $7 ($5 for Cortez Cultural Center members) to benefit the Hawkins Preserve, and children accompanied by adults are free.
RSVP by calling the Cultural Center at 565-1151.
Clay McClinton will perform at Dolores River Brewery
Clay McClinton, son of Grammy Award winning Delbert McClinton, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Dolores River Brewery, 100 S. Fourth St.
Learn more about McClintons music at www.claymcclinton.com.
For more information, call the Dolores River Brewery at 882-4677.
Library will offer class on Google searches, maps, images
The Cortez Public Library will hold a computer class on Using Google at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at 202 N. Park.
Subjects covered will include Simple Searching Tips and Techniques, Google Maps and Google Images.
For more information or to sign up, call 565-8117.
Archaeologist will discuss Basketmakers with Hisatsinom
The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society will present Shanna Diederichs, supervisory archaeologist for Crow Canyons Basketmaker Communities Project, to discuss the new Indian Camp Ranch excavation in a talk entitled On Solid Ground: Unpacking the Research of the Basketmaker Community Project at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market St.
Diederichs will discuss how, in designing a research plan for the Dillard Basketmaker III site near Cortez, excavation is only one of five very important steps, from research design to curation, which will be executed. The Basketmaker III period is considered to be definitive in the development of Puebloan culture.
Diederichs joined the Crow Canyon staff fairly recently. Previously, she served as project director at several sites including Mesa Verde. Prior to that, she served as field and laboratory supervisor for numerous cultural resource management and mitigation projects in the Four Corners area. She has written for and contributed to numerous resources management planning and reporting publications, including, recently, Crucible of the Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern Southwest.
For more information, call Bob Bernhart at 739-6772.