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.
Navajo storyteller will perform at Cortez Public Library
Benny Benally, a Navajo storyteller, will perform at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St.
This free program is provided by the Friends of the Cortez Public Library. The performance is for all ages.
For more information, call 565-8117.
Dolores Rotary Club will host Bingo Night to benefit RENEW
The Dolores Rotary Club is sponsoring Bingo Night on Tuesday, March 29, at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside, Dolores.
Soup and dessert will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. for $5, with bingo following at 7 p.m. Cards are $1 per game or $10 for the evening. Proceeds will benefit RENEW.
RENEWs mission is to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence, adult sexual assault, and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Proceeds from the Second Chance Thrift Store also go to support RENEW.
The Dolores Rotary Club meets each Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at the Ponderosa Restaurant. The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise. The public is invited to attend meetings.
For more information, contact Dan Jones at 749-2449.
Cortez businesses can learn
more about new fiber-optic lines
Coffee Break meetings will be held for business owners to learn more about the new Cortez Community Network fiber-optic lines at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, at Blondies Pub & Grub, 45 E. Main St., Cortez, and 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, at the Colorado Welcome Center, 928 E. Main St., Cortez.
The lines are being installed for potential connection to businesses.
For more information, contact Rick Smith at 565-7320.
Hospice of Montezuma will offer drop-in grief discussion group
Hospice of Montezuma will offer a Drop-In Grief Group at 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, at the Hospice office, 1345 S. Broadway, Cortez.
This group will discuss any type of grief, including the tragedy in Japan. The Drop In Grief Group will meet monthly on the last Tuesday of every month at 5:15 p.m. at 1345 S. Broadway.
For more information, call 565-4400.
Four Corners Weed Symposium will cover clean water, laws, other topics
The 19th Annual Four Corners Weed Symposium will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center, 21176 County Road S (west of Basin Co-op), in Lewis.
Continuing education credits will be available for commercial and private pesticide applicators. Topics will include The Clean Water Act and NPDES Permits, Herbicide Resistance, Update of Colorado Department of Agriculture Laws and Regulations, Controlling Weeds in Right-of-Way and Industrial Situations, Brush and Weed Control on Rangelands, Vegetation Management in Roadside Forest Settings, and New Herbicides for Managing Weeds in Turf.
Registration is $50 per person and will include a lunch, coffee and donuts, and break refreshments. Make checks payable to Montezuma County Extension and mail to Montezuma County Extension, C/O Weed Symposium, 109 W. Main, Room 102, Cortez, CO 81321.
For more information, contact Tom Hooten, Montezuma County Extension, at 565-3123.
Free dental care for kids on Give Kids a Smile day
The Dolores County Community Health Association will be having Give Kids a Smile Day from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Community Health Clinic at 495 W. 4th St. in Dove Creek. Free dental care will be provided to eligible kids by Dr. Nathan Turnbow.
Eligibility requirements are kids ages 1 to 17 who do not have insurance. Treatment provided will be determined the day of and may include: exam, X-rays, cleaning, sealants, fillings or extractions. Treatment time is limited, so children with extensive treatment needs will have to be rescheduled or referred in order to complete needed treatment.
An appointment is required. Call 677-3644.
March library theme is Spring Forward
Spring Forward is the March theme of Storytime at the Cortez Public Library.
Storytime is every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for pre-school aged children. Older children are welcome to join us for the craft at 11:15 a.m.
Well wrap up the month with The Letter M on March 31.
Storytime offers songs, stories, crafts and silliness and uses the Early Childhood Literacy Initiative program. For more information, contact the library at 565-8117. The library is located at 202 N. Park St., Cortez.
Groundbreaking scheduled for new downtown home of KSJD
KSJD Dryland Community Radio will hold a groundbreaking celebration at noon Friday, April 1, on the corner of Main and Market streets, Cortez.
The public is invited to join KSJDs disc jockeys, volunteers, staff and board members. Individuals and businesses in the community have come together over the past three years in support of the Cornerstone projects fundraising efforts, making it possible for remodeling to begin on the historic Basin Industrial Bank building in downtown Cortez. This site will become the new home of KSJD.
For more information, contact the KSJD office at 564-9727.
Old North State will perform
high-energy electric acoustic style
The band Old North State will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the Mancos Valley Distillery, 116 N. Main St., in Mancos.
There is no cover charge; doors open at 5 p.m.
ONSs high-energy electric acoustic style can keep your feet moving. Check them out at www.reverbnation.com/oldnorthstate.
For more information, call Ian at 946-0229.
Desert Pearl will host reception
for Flight Songs photography
Desert Pearl Gallery will host an artists reception to welcome Barbara Stewart-Hager as the featured artist in April, and her photography show Flight Songs A Celebration of Birds, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the gallery, 40 W. Main St., Cortez.
With my background in music, I often think of my photographs in terms of musical selections or groups of musical phrases, Stewart-Hager said in a prepared statement from Desert Pearl. My new musical composition, also entitled Flight Songs, will premiere at the opening reception of this show. Please come and enjoy the wonder of our avian friends portrayed in photographs and music.
Barbara Stewart-Hagers show will run April 1-30. The public is invited to join the reception for fine art, good company and light refreshments.
For more information, call 565-9320.
Sideshow will host Subtle Salvage art show with opening night music
An opening-night event for Subtle Salvage: Free-range Artworks by By Bill and Sam Lyons will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Sideshow Emporium & Gallery, 411 Central, Dolores.
Enjoy an evening with the artists, refreshments and music from the Crags three pieces of original rock n roll from Durango playing live at 8:30 p.m.
The collection includes artistically processed found objects, wood, furniture, micro art, light and digital animation a retrospective of work by two brothers who ask each other, Excuse me, did you just art? Digital animation will be screened on opening night only.
A portion of art proceeds go to Peace Wind Japan.
For more information, call 739-4646.
Mancos Millwood Junction Follies will benefit Chicken Creek Nordic
The 28th Annual Millwood Junction Follies will be held Saturday, April 2, at the Millwood Junction Restaurant, located at the corner of U.S. Highway 160 and Main Street in Mancos.
Doors will open at 4 p.m. for dinner, libations, silent auctions and door prize ticket sales. Door prize drawings start at 5 p.m. and entertainment begins at 7 p.m. The live auction runs throughout the evening.
No reservations are taken for this event, so come early. Admission is free, and all proceeds from the auctions and door prize ticket sales benefit Chicken Creek Nordic, a nonprofit, nonmotorized recreation area six miles north of Mancos.
For more information, call 533-1605.
Vendors being sought for Cultural Centers Ladies Night Out
The Cortez Cultural Center is looking for vendors for Ladies Night Out scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Cortez Elks Lodge, 2100 N. Dolores Road.
Participating vendors can include hair stylists, nail techs, skin care products, home decor and cookware, jewelry, massage therapists, health and wellness, and financial and insurance to name a few. Anything that appeals to todays women is welcome.
A comfortable, relaxed atmosphere will be created for women to browse the various booths and products being presented.
Call the Cultural Center at 565-1151 for vendor applications. The fee is $35.
Low cost spay and neuter clinic
There will be a two day low-cost spay and neuter clinic on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Cortez Christian Church at Empire St. and Dolores Road .
The costs are: $25 for cat neuter, $30 for cat spay, $50 for dog neuter (over 60 pounds add $10 for each additional 10 pounds), and $60 for dog spay (over 60 pounds add $10 for each additional 10 pounds).
Contact 565-PETS (565-7387) to reserve your place. No limit on number of pets per family.
Sponsored by For Pets Sake Humane Society, Cortez (www.forpetssakehs.org) and Planned Pethood Plus, Denver (plannedpethoodplus.com).
Cortez Farmers Market plans spring meeting
The Cortez Farmers Market invites all of last years vendors, and anyone interested in participating in this years market, to attend its spring meeting from 9:30 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 2, at the Calvin Denton Room, Empire Electric Association, 801 N. Broadway, Cortez.
The meeting will include topics on the agenda: a financial report, market managers report, a review of the 2010 season and of the rules and regulations, and instructions and time lines for vendor applications.
For more information contact Theresa at theresaincortez@gmail.com or call the Extension Office at 565-3123.
Ryan will give presentation on Tellurides Regional Geology
Marcie Ryan will discuss local geology in a talk entitled Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Tellurides Regional Geology at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market St., Cortez.
Ryan will focus on Tellurides scenery as a function of past and present geologic processes. Ryan is not just a geologist; she is a geomorphologist (one who studies the arrangement and form of the Earths crust and of the relationship between these physical features and the geologic structures beneath). Before moving to Dolores six years ago, Ryan lived in Telluride for more than 20 years. There she led gold-panning expeditions, mineral-collecting trips and geology tours. She is also an officer and board member of the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society.
For more information, call Bob Bernhart at 739-6772.
Native American families can sign up for financial literacy workshop
A five-week financial literacy workshop for Native American families will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday evenings beginning April 7, and will continue to meet on Thursdays until May 5, at The Piñon Project, 300 N. Elm St., Cortez.
This class is for Native Americans who are interested in learning about ways to handle their money, make the money they have go further, set up and track their own personal finances, open a checking account, apply for a loan, create a budget and create a spending and savings plan. This opportunity for Native American families will utilize a five-week, 10-hour financial literacy program called Making Money Work For You that will cover goal setting, loans, credit and debt, various types of insurance, stretching personal resources and spending choices.
There is no cost to interested individuals for this course. Child care and meals, starting at 5:30 p.m., will be provided each night of the class for participants and children who are pre-registered. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a $100 savings bond.
For more information or to register, call The Piñon Project at 564-1195 and ask for Lara.
Local river guide Maloy will present slideshow on Salmon River
Local river guide Michael Maloy will give a slideshow at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Mancos Public Library, 211 W. First St.
Maloy will show slides and discuss his solo winter raft trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. This trip is the earliest known descent seasonally of this section of river. Maloy began river guiding in Idaho in 1970. He has also guided in New Zealand, Tasmania, New Guinea, Asia and South America. Additionally, he spent a year with the U.S. Geological Survey in Antarctica. He has made the first known solo descent of the Main Salmon River from headwaters to the confluence.
For more information, call the library at 533-7600 or visit us at www.mancoslibrary.org.
Community Passover seder ceremonial meal will be held
The annual remembrance ceremony of Passover seder will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, April 18, at Shiloh Steakhouse, 5 S. Veach, Cortez.
Passover welcomes in the spring and occurs around the time that believers in Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus the messiah) celebrate his death, burial and resurrection. Participants will commemorate this event at the ceremonial meal (seder), which will last about three hours as participants read, sing, pray and eat their way through the traditional Haggadah (printed order of the seder).
Tickets are $25 per adult and $20 for children under 12. The deadline for all reservations and payment is Friday, April 8. Seating is limited to 40 people this year. Tickets can be picked up with payment from Mike G. (560-9853) Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Slavens True Value Hardware, 237 W. Main St., Cortez.
For more information or to make reservations, call 560-5963.
9News Health Fair 20 will offer blood chemistry, other screenings
The 9News Health Fair 20 will conduct low-cost screenings from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9, at the Cortez Recreation Center, 425 Roger Smith Ave. Use the north entrance by the tennis courts.
Blood chemistry tests will be $30, and PSA testing for men will be $25. Do not eat 12 hours before having blood drawn (but diabetics should not fast). Take prescribed medications as directed. You must be 18 to participate.
For information, call 303-698-3799 or 800-332-3078, or visit www.9healthfair.org.
All volunteers will be appreciated. Call 739-3844 after 6 p.m. if interested.
Camp Chameleon grief camp will allow youths to speak about losses
The Montezuma Hospice Camp Chameleon Youth Grief Camp, a free, one-day event for children 6 to 18 and their families who have experienced the death of someone they love, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the United Methodist Church Cortez, 515 N. Park St.
Registration and morning refreshments begin at 9:30 a.m. The day-long camp provides an opportunity for campers to speak openly about their losses, learn about the grieving process and find new meaning to their lives through group healing activities led by professional counselors and supportive caring adults. Lunch will be provided.
A working through play approach provides an intense experience that not only allow the participants to experience their grief, but also to learn tools to strengthen their coping processes, to learn about themselves and build self esteem, and to share with others who are going through similar situations.
For more information and to register, call Hospice at 565-4400.
