Class on Quickbooks to be offered Jan. 30
Bethany McManus will teach “Introduction to Quickbooks” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 30 at First National Bank’s training room, 259 W. Ninth St.
The class is sponsored by the Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and First National Bank of Durango. A break for lunch will take place at noon. Coffee and refreshments are provided. The cost is $70 or $65 for Durango Chamber of Commerce members.
To register, call 247-7009.
La Plata Electric promotes two workers
Veteran La Plata Electric Association journeyman linemen Ryan Peacock and Bret Cochrane have been promoted within the cooperative’s operations department.
Peacock moves into the line crew foreman position. Cochrane will be taking his place as a serviceman. Born in Ignacio, Peacock attended Durango High School then stepped into construction for four years, during which time he began his lineman apprenticeship.
He joined LPEA in 1998 and completed his journeyman lineman apprenticeship in 2000. Peacock has worked the line crews for six years until taking on the serviceman job, which he did for eight years. As a foreman he returns to working with the line crews.
Cochrane is moving from the line crews to serviceman where he will focus on working with customers, upgrading electrical systems, setting meters and working with local electricians. LPEA’s servicemen also are on-call for outages. A native of southwest Kansas, Cochrane joined LPEA in 2000 from Pioneer Electric Cooperative, where he apprenticed and earned his journeyman lineman.
For more information, call 247-5786 or visit www.lpea.coop.
Fire districts receive gift from XTO Energy
The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District received a gift this week of $5,000 from XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.
The money will be used to provide winter jackets for firefighters and EMTs serving the fire district. The coats will be issued to volunteers and part-time firefighters and EMTs to make them uniform with the career staff members. The fire district has a long-standing working relationship with XTO and participates in training with XTO crews for pipeline safety.
Worker’s compensation seminar to be held
Pinnacol Assurance and Mountain West Insurance and Financial Services will host a seminar on managing worker’s compensation costs from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
The seminar will address how worker’s compensation premiums are calculated, the variables that impact the premiums and tools to implement to manage and mitigate overall cost. This seminar will be beneficial for office managers, controllers, CFO’s and business owners who handle worker’s compensation policies. RSVP is required for attendance.
For more information or to RSVP, call Mary Frazer at (970) 317-2313, 759-0684 or email maryf@mtnwst.com.
Herald Staff
