Head Start director named to boards
Char Schank, director of the Southern Ute Montessori Head Start and Early Head Start Division, has been elected to the National Indian Head Start Directors Association.
Schank also has been selected to serve as a representative on the National Head Start Association Board of Directors.
As a member of these organizations, Schank will help develop new policies for Head Start programs nationwide.
Schank has spent her entire career with Head Start as a bus driver, teacher’s assistant, teacher, education coordinator and now director.
Bill Young joins First Southwest Bank
Bill Young has been named chief financial officer at First Southwest Bank, the bank announced.
Young, originally from Kentucky, has 36 years of banking experience, most notably as CFO of Canyon Community Bank in Tucson, Ariz., and West Valley National Bank in Phoenix. He also is a licensed certified public accountant.
For more information, call 375-1100.
Upper Pine River Fire receives honor
The Special District Association of Colorado has honored Upper Pine River Fire Protection District with the association’s 2013 Collaboration Award.
The award was announced at the association’s annual conference last month in Keystone.
The award honors the fire district for its role in the “Every 15 Minutes” program in the Bayfield community, a collaboration to raise awareness about teen drunken driving. Three law-enforcement agencies came together with the lead from the Bayfield marshal, and the fire district served as coordinator, along with other local agencies. The program resulted in a community event that reduced incidents of alcohol-related events.
For more information, call Carlton Mundus at (303) 863-1733 or email Carlton@sdaco.org.
Animas Museum receives grant
Animas Museum has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Service for a collections preservation and access project.
The grant will help the museum complete the final phase of its Home for History: Collections Rehousing and Relocation Project and launch the first phase of its Community Access to the Collections Project. The awarded funds will help pay for conservation and storage supplies, photography equipment and temporary staff and interns. The two-year project began Oct. 1.
The institute funded 186 applicants for its Museums for America and National Leadership grants.
Devon Daney joins Aztec Urgent Care
Dr. Devon Daney has joined Aztec Urgent Care in Aztec.
Daney, a board-certified family medicine practitioner and urgent-care specialist, divides her time between Aztec Urgent Care and Durango Urgent Care, where she has worked part-time for 3½ years. Previously, she worked with San Juan Health Partners Family Practice in Aztec and Durango Family Medicine.
Durango Urgent Care, 2577 Main Ave., is a walk-in urgent-care clinic that treats injuries and illnesses and conducts drug and alcohol testing. It is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information, visit www.durangourgentcare.com.
Herald Staff
