XRock 105 FM announces new hire
Longtime Durango resident Bob Soto has joined the sales and marketing group at XRock 105 FM.
Soto brings more than eight years of sales experience along with 20 years of customer service within the Durango community.
For more information, visit the station location at 1135 Main Ave.
Chamber to host networking event July 2
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host “Tuesday Talk” at 7:45 a.m. July 2 at Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave.
This is a casual networking event where people can share best practices. Free coffee will be provided. Reservations are required.
To reserve a space, visit www.durangobusiness.org or call 247-0312.
CPA to offer 401(k) presentations
CPA Paul Gervais will present “The High Performance 401(k): How to Choose or Improve Your Company’s 401(k) Plan,” at noon Wednesday at First National Bank of Durango, 259 W. Ninth St.
Sponsored by the Durango Chamber of Commerce Lunch & Learn, lunch by Hot Tomatoes will provided. The cost is $10 for chamber members and $20 for nonmembers. To register, call 247-0312.
Gervais also will give a free presentation from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Eolus Room at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Space is limited. To register, call Kathy Walker at 385-1002.
This presentation is designed to provide businesses with retirement-plan best practices, including considerations for choosing the right 401(k) platform, recommendations for plan investments and understanding employee plan participation and costs.
LPEA enhances safety measures to avoid fires
Operations personnel with La Plata Electric Association have implemented enhanced safety measures in response to dry conditions to ensure electrical equipment damage or repair efforts don’t contribute to the current fire danger.
LPEA has line personnel on standby throughout the night, but to enhance response time, the entire 21-man line crew in La Plata and Archuleta counties will be on call, and if an outage is spotted in given area, the lineman living closest to the fault will be the first called and first to respond.
At a site where damage has prompted an outage, linemen will do extra patrols of the affected section of line to make sure no other flammable objects are touching the electrical equipment. The linemen will remain at the location to ensure no embers are smoldering.
In a similar effort, LPEA’s contracted tree-trimming crews are being asked to remain in work areas after the last use of a chain saw to ensure they have sparked no fires.
For more information, call 247-5786 or visit www.lpea.coop.
Herald Staff
