Local breweries place at Denver beer festival
These local breweries earned gold at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver:
Steamworks Brewing Co. earned a gold in the German-Style Wheat Ale category for Slam Dunkel.
Ska Brewing Co. earned a gold in the English-Style summer ale category for True Blonde.
Carver Brewing Co. earned a gold in the European-Style Dunkel category for Munich Dunkel.
Presented by the Brewers Association, the festival is the largest commercial beer competition in the world.
For more information, visit www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/the-competition/winners.
Good Dirt Radio receives grants
Good Dirt Radio, a Durango-based environmental news-media organization, recently received grants from the New York-based Norcross Wildlife Foundation and the La Plata Electric Association.
Norcross Wildlife Foundation granted Good Dirt Radio $1,500 to upgrade its website from a 10-year-old platform to a more user-friendly, interactive site. The website is the main portal for individuals and for radio-station personnel to hear and download free the organization’s five-minute eco-spots that report stories about people helping to solve environmental challenges.
La Plata Electric Association granted Good Dirt Radio $1,500 to support an internship project in association with Fort Lewis College Environmental Center. Two FLC students and environmental studies majors, Jeremy Taylor and Stephen Witherspoon, were hired as interns for the fall semester. The FLC seniors are learning about positive environmental-media reporting while helping Good Dirt Radio expand its audience and increase its impact.
Good Dirt Radio eco-spots are available at http://gooddirtradio.org and at The Durango Herald at http://durangoherald.com/section/columnists60.
Chamber seeks award nominations
The Durango Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its Durango Rocks annual awards event.
Nominations are sought for citizen of the year, entrepreneur of the year, volunteer of the year, small business of the year, Morley Ballantine Award, business of the year, Green Business Leadership Award, nonprofit of the year and the Barbara Conrad Award. The ceremony will take place Jan. 23 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.
To submit nominations, visit www.durangobusiness.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/WebContentPage.aspx?ContentID=478.
Mumbling Marmot announces new tutor
Katherine Park Woolbert has joined Mumbling Marmot Tutoring as a tutor specializing in creative writing, drama, art, math and Aikido for older students to adult and Aikido for children.
Woolbert earned an MFA in creative writing-nonfiction from Lesley University and a degree in English from Adams State University, and is an English instructor for Adams State University Extended Studies. Woolbert is a published memoirist, poet, artist and sculptor, and is a second-degree black belt in Aikido.
Mumbling Marmot provides private tutoring services in reading, writing and math; test preparation; learning differences; languages; economics; study skills; gifted/talented enrichment; and cognitive training. Mumbling Marmot is owned by Yvonna Graham.
For more information, call Graham at 903-7498 or visit www.mumblingmarmot.com.
First National Bank announces new hire
First National Bank of Durango announces Ashley Schmidt as a new teller at the bank’s main branch.
Schmidt has lived in Durango for the last year and grew up in Erie, Pa. She has a degree in environmental resource management from Penn State University. Schmidt was previously with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad before joining the bank.
For more information, visit www.fnbdurango.com.
Durango bicycle shop receives recognition
Mountain Bike Specialists, 949 Main Ave., was chosen as one of “America’s Best Bike Shops” by Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
The bicycle shops were judged on their community outreach, advocacy outreach, overall professionalism and industry involvement. In addition to a written evaluation, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News sent a “secret shopper” to Durango. The “secret shopper” reviewed the Mountain Bike Specialists website and response to an email inquiry, as well as critiqued a telephone conversation with the store. The cleanliness of the building was judged, along with the bathrooms, visual appearance of the store, creativity of displays, checkout procedures, signage and background music. The employees were judged on their greeting, accessibility, responsiveness and welcoming attitudes.
For more information, call 247-4066 or visit www.mountainbikespecialists.com.
Herald Staff
