Hunter Education

The Whistling Bullets 4-H Shooting Sports Club is hosting a Hunter Education Class on Saturday, Feb. 18, and Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Exhibit Hall at the Eagle County Fairgrounds.

The two-day class costs $10. Class hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Attendance is mandatory both days to complete the course.

Any student 12 years old and under must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or responsible party 18 years of age or older. Attendance is limited to the first 85 people to pre-register, per Colorado Parks and Wildlife guidelines. For more information and to pre-register, please call Dave Hammond at (970) 328-7818.

This is a fund-raiser for the 4-H Shooting Sports Club and club members will be selling coffee, hot cocoa, doughnuts, breakfast burritos and lunch both days to help support club activities.

Fore!

It's only February, but the Gypsum Creek Golf Course is already looking ahead to its 2012 season.

The course will host its men's golf league meeting tonight, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse. The women's league meeting is planned next Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.

Come be a part of the planning of our leagues for the upcoming season. We will be discussing the leadership of the groups, play dates, tournaments, formats and special events for 2012,” said course manager Susie Helmerich. “We are targeting March 1 as opening day for the golf course. Start cleaning out your bags and polish up your shoes because golf will be here before we know it.”

Annual passes to the Gypsum Creek Golf Course are on sale now. Passes can be purchased on line and offer great features, including discounted rounds at 10 other golf courses as well as complimentary swing analyses.

For more information, email shelmerich@townofgypsum.com or tbuzbee@townofgypsum.com or call (303) 909-6490.

Russian Reading

If it's February and it's cold, then it's time for another Russian classic from the Eagle Public Library.

This year's Russian literature reading club selection is “We” by Evgenii Zamiatin (1884-1937). A dystopian (or negative utopian) novel, “We” is frequently cited as being the inspiration for George Orwell's “1984,” Ayn Rand's “Anthem,” Ursula K. Le Guin's “The Dispossessed,” Aldous Huxley's “Brave New World,” Kurt Vonnegut's “Player Piano,” and Vladimir Sorokin's “Day in the Life of an Oprichnik.”

“We” was completed in 1921 but not approved for publication in the Soviet Union. Zamiatin smuggled the manuscript of the novel to Marc Slonim in Prague where it was published in 1927. Zamiatin emigrated to Paris in 1931 with Stalin's approval, and died there in 1937.

“We” readers will gather Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagle Public Library for celebratory zakuski (hors d'hoeuvres) and discussion. Register for email with Jaci by calling (970) 328-8800 before Feb. 1 to receive daily fascinating facts about Zamiatin's classic. Copies of “We” are available at the circulation desk at the Eagle Public Library.

Valentine's Day dinner theater

Just in time for Valentines Day, the Porchlight Players' dinner theater production of “I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change” is returning to the Brush Creek Pavilion Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 10-12.

If you have ever been in love, or know someone who has, you are sure to find plenty to relate to in this hilarious, touching look at “everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit.”

Get ready for an evening of laughter celebrating the thrill of romantic victory and the agony of love's defeats. Parental guidance is suggested because the production does include some adult language and content.

The cost is $45 per person and includes dinner, dessert and coffee bar, three drink tickets (beer, wine and soft drinks) plus the show. Tickets are available now at www.porchlightplayers.com. All shows sold out last year, so get your tickets early.

Around town ...

• Micaela R McGuckin and Caitlin Mary Mutter of Edwards and Sammantha Raelene Francis of Wolcott were named to the Baylor University Dean's Academic Honor List for the 2011 fall semester. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must be an undergraduate with a minimum grade-point average of 3.7, while enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours.

• The area's top wrestlers will be competing at Eagle Valley High School next week for the Colorado Western Regional 4A Tournament. The action gets under way Friday, Feb. 10, and continues through Saturday, Feb. 11.

Alive @ 25

The next Alive @ 25 class is planned Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Colorado Department of Transportation/Colorado State Patrol building at 202 Centennial Street in Glenwood Springs. Class begins promptly at 4:30 p.m.

Alive at 25 is a four-and-a-half hour driver awareness program sponsored by the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation (501c3 nonprofit). This single-class program has proven to be the most effective driver awareness class in the United States and it demonstrates a substantially lower percentage of teen deaths compared to those who did not take this class or took another class.

The cost is $39 for those taking the class to attain their drivers permit. Those who are required to attend due to courts or other authorities have a $79 tuition. This National Safety Council multimedia class is designed specifically for those drivers (or soon-to-be drivers) between the ages of 14 through 24.

The program is taught by current or retired Colorado State Patrol Troopers. Successful completion of this program will result in the immediate issuance of a National Safety Council Certificate, eligibility to get a driver's permit six months early, waiver of the required six hours of behind-the-wheel practice with a commercial instructor, and a possible reduction in liability insurance. For further information, to sign up, or make a tuition payment, go to www.aliveat25.us or call (866) 605-3900.