Registration is open for the 2016 Southwest Tourism Summit, April 13-14 in Pagosa Springs.
The summit brings together local, regional and state tourism leaders to one event, and it is designed to provide area businesses and organizations with knowledge and connections to help showcase Southwest Colorado and grow regional tourism business.
For more information and to register, visit SWTourismSummit.com.
AmeriCorps Check & Connect Mentoring is partnering with EPIC (Executives Partnering to Invest in Children) and the Office of Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia to promote Colorado Business Reads in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties.
The statewide book drive places books in the homes of children from newborns to age 8, while highlighting the importance of positive adult-child interaction through reading activities. Businesses throughout Colorado are participating by hosting collection boxes to encourage the donation of new and gently used books. The books collected in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties will be distributed to children and families through schools, libraries, doctor’s offices and child care centers in these counties.
The book drive will run through April 30. Participating county businesses and organizations include: Alpine Bank (all locations), Cortez Integrated Health, Cortez Public Library, Dolores Public Library, Dove Creek Post Office, Kinder Morgan, Osprey, ReMax Mesa Verde, and Wal-Mart (Cortez) and more.
For more information, financial and bulk book donations, call Kelsie Borland at (970) 219-0410 or email kborland@sucap.org.
U-Haul Company of Colorado announces that TBR Service has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Hesperus area.
TBR Service, 6740 Colorado Highway 140, will offer U-Haul trucks, towing equipment and support rental items. Hours of operation for U-Haul rentals are on-call Monday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; 3 to 7 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. After-hours drop-off is available for customer convenience. TBR Service owner Cille Hodgin is proud to team with the industry leader in do-it-yourself moving and self-storage to better meet the demands of La Plata County.
To reserve U-Haul products, call (970) 238-3349 or visit www.uhaul.com/Locations/Truck-Rentals-near-Hesperus-CO-81326/005513.
National Safe Digging Month takes place in April and aims to remind the public to call 811 before digging.
The Federal Communications Commission first declared April as National Safe Digging Month in 2005. This action established 811 as the national number to call to have all utility lines properly marked. The 811 program is provided at no charge and prevents risk of outages and threats to life and property.
For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com.
KPTE-FM broadcasting on 92.9 is starting a new local morning show, “The Breakfast Club.”
The show will air live weekdays from 7 to 10 a.m. with hosts Deakon Jay and Jessi Kay. Jay has been in radio since 2008. The station will still play music in the morning but will add a few antics.
The hotline number is 247-KPTE.Visit 929thepoint.com online for more information.
Advertising Innovations announces its new campaign “A Friend in Need” recipient for May 2016.
All profits for the month of May will go to Jack Hardesty, who suffered an attack of transverse myelitis earlier this year. TM is a neurological disorder which causes interrupted communication between the nerves in the spinal column and the rest of the body. Hardesty is making a strong recovery, but medical expenses are mounting.
To participate, all qualifying orders from May 1 to May 31 must be placed in Jack Hardesty’s name when placing the order for custom embroidered apparel/hats, screen printing, or promotional products. No exceptions.
For more information, call 247-1833 or visit 3063 Main Ave.
Pediatric Partners of the Southwest will host Art Zemach’s retirement party from 4 to 6:30 p.m. April 14 at Chapman Hill Ice Rink, 500 Florida Road.
The event will feature free ice skating.
For more information, visit www.ppswdurango.com or call 375-0100.
A reminder to all oil and gas operators that the deadline for filing the Oil and Gas Real & Personal Property Declaration Schedule is April 15.
As required by state law, if the owner or operator fails to deliver, or fails to timely file the declaration schedule, a late filing penalty will be imposed for each calendar day that the declaration has not been received.
Waxed, 1185 South Camino del Rio, Suite 140, welcomes new licensed estheticians Traci Casey and Ameila Hanna to its team.
The salon specializes in full body waxing, eyelash extensions, makeup and organic airbrush spray tanning.
To set up an appointment, call or text 946-7229.
The Colorado Department of Transportation Region 5 has named Mike McVaugh as the new regional transportation director.
McVaugh will lead the region’s team of 342 employees who are responsible for planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance of a 15-county area in southwest and south-central Colorado.
McVaugh has been with CDOT for 25 years, serving in several diverse areas of survey, design, materials testing and construction. Since 2003, McVaugh served as the Region 5 traffic engineer.
A native of Colorado, McVaugh is a graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in civil engineering. McVaugh replaces former Regional Transportation Director Kerrie Neet, who recently retired.
The La Plata County assessor reminds all persons owning, possessing or controlling taxable personal property (furnishings, equipment and other movable personal property) that the deadline for filing a Personal Property Declaration Schedule is April 15.
All persons who own, possess, or control taxable personal property with a total actual value greater than $7,300 per owner, per county, are required to report the personal property to the county assessor.
Failure to declare personal property each year by the deadline will result in the assessor valuing property using the “best information available” and attaching a penalty to the tax bill.
If people did not receive a declaration schedule, call 382-6231.
All personal property with a total actual value in excess of $7,300 (per owner, per county) is taxable unless specifically exempt by law.
Taxable personal property includes: All residential household furnishings used to produce income; equipment, furniture, and machinery used by commercial, industrial, and natural resource operations; property used in an agribusiness that does not qualify as agricultural under state law; expensed assets with a life greater than one year; fully depreciated assets still in use; personal property in storage that is subject to IRS depreciation; and leasehold improvements.
Equipment that is licensed as a motor vehicle (SMM plate or Z-Tab) is not reported on the Personal Property Declaration Schedule.
For more information, call 382-6231.
Herald Staff
