San Ignacio Fiesta announces results
The 2013 San Ignacio Fiesta, which took place July 27 and 28, announces these results:
Parade
Grand prize: Southern Ute Tribal Council and town of Ignacio Board.
First place commercial: Ignacio Family Medicine.
First place memoriam: Velasquez Float.
First place horse single: Lynn Jack
First place political: J. Paul Brown.
First place children walking: Wildcats Basketball.
First place children riding: Team Connie.
First place auto: Rollin’ Deep Car Club.
First place music: Los Mitotitos.
First place senior citizen: The 2 Classics.
First place civic/community service: Knights of Columbus.
Horseshoe Tournament
Doubles: First place – Jim Squires and Rod Wenzel; second place – Calvin Romero and Troy Valdez; and third place – Tommy Romero and Robert Pacheco.
Singles: first place – Jim Squire and second place – Dean Hudson.
Har Shalom announces services
The Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will host these services:
A Kabbalat Shabbat with Eli Herb will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. A free catered meal will take place from 6:30 to 7 p.m. A musical Kabbalat Shabbat will take place from 7 to 7:30 p.m. There will be text study, storytelling, singing and discussion from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m.
A Shabbat Morning Service with Herb will take place from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The Shabbat morning services will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A Torah service will take place from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A potluck lunch will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Dishes can have meat, but do not mix milk and meat, and do not use nonkosher meats.
There will be no services Aug. 9. A lay-led service will take place Aug. 10.
For more information, email elisha.herb@gmail.com.
City of Durango offers funding to nonprofits
The city of Durango provides community support funding to local nonprofit agencies every year.
Applications for funding for 2014 are being accepted. The application deadline is Aug. 16. To be eligible to apply, the local organization must be a certified nonprofit in good standing and provide services to city residents.
For more information and an application, visit www.durangogov.org/csf or call 375-5002.
Navajo Code Talker film to be shown
Cortez Cultural Center will host the premiere of “The Heart of a Warrior,” a documentary about the life of Navajo Code Talker Samuel F. Sandoval, at 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at the center, 25 N. Market St.
Sandoval will attend the premiere for questions and book signing after the show. Sandoval is one of the original Marine Navajo Code Talkers who fought in World War II. He fought in five Pacific campaigns, including Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Peleliu, Guam and Okinawa. Donations will be accepted.
For more information, visit www.cortezculturalcenter.org or call 565-1151.
Recycle center opening delayed until Aug. 17
Because of construction delays at the Durango Recycle Center, the opening of the city’s primary recycling public drop-off location will be delayed until Aug. 17.
Community members who are using the city’s recycling public drop-off locations can continue to recycle single stream and cardboard at the four existing locations, for free, through Aug. 17. This change does not affect the city’s commercial or residential recycling services.
Beginning Aug. 17, the existing recycling public drop-off locations will transition to glass recycling drop-offs. Single stream recycling and cardboard will be collected at the center, 710 Tech Center Drive. Noncity residents will pay a fee to recycle products. Household quantities of single-stream recycling will be accepted at the center for $1 for up to 60 gallons of material. Commercial quantities of recyclable material will be accepted for a minimum of $2 per cubic yard.
For more information, visit www.durangorecycles.com or call 375-5004.
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