Rocky Mountain Community Events 9-22
September 30
– Profitable Land Ownership Workshop, 8:30 Pre-registration, 9 a.m. – 3:50 p.m., Denver, Colo., Fee; (800-346-2650; http://www.farmersnational.com.
October 2-5
– Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Strater Hotel, Durango, Colo., (970) 749-2995 or http://www.durangocowboypoetrygathering.org.
October 2
– “Durango and Baseball’s Greatest Season,” 7:30 p.m., Animas Museum, Durango, Colo., (970) 259-2402.
October 3
– Laramie County Library’s Booklovers’ Bash “Murder He Wrote”, Little America, Cheyenne, Wyo., Fee, (307) 773-7221.
– “Durango’s Strangest Shootout ” The Day the Marshal Killed the Sheriff,” Animas Museum, Durango, Colo., (970) 259-2402.
October 4
– “Dusty Ruts and Wagon Trails ” Greenmount Cemetery Tour,” 2 p.m., Animas Museum, Durango, Colo., (970) 259-2402.
October 11-12
– Slavic Fest, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Calhan, Colo., (719) 347-2336 or http://www.holydormition.net.
October 18
– Northeast Colorado Regional Diabetes Health Fair, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, Colo., (970) 542-3544.
October 23
– The Changing Workforce: Challenges and Strategies for Success, The Ranch, Loveland, Colo., (970) 542-3544 or http://www.larimer.org/ext.
November 1
– Alpha Nu Holiday Craft Show, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Washington County Events Center, Akron, Colo., (970) 345-2720.
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Roberts ends tenure with hearing on ag research, food security
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., presided Wednesday over a hearing on agricultural research and food security that is likely to be his last before his retirement.