La Plata Electric announces new hires
Ana Stevens and Angela Beeman have joined the La Plata Electric Association Finance and Accounting Department, serving, respectively, as billing clerk and part-time accounting clerk.
Working in coordination with LPEA’s finance personnel and customer-service representatives, Stevens assists customers with billing concerns as well as troubleshooting meter reading and billing issues.
As an accounting clerk, Beeman is training in accounts payable, with responsibilities to include receivables for Marathon water heaters and ETS space heaters and work on LPEA’s sales tax returns.
For more information, visit www.lpea.coop.
Chamber hosts session on benefits
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host Chamber YOUniversity from 8:30 to 10 a.m. April 7 in the multi-purpose room of La Plata Electric Association, 45 Stewart St.
All members are invited to attend and learn how to utilize their member benefits to make the most of their membership investment. Reservations are required. Coffee and light snacks will be provided.
To RSVP, visit www.durangobusiness.org or call 247-0312.
LPEA announces scholarship winners
High school students Jenna Engelken and Maizey Funk of Durango; Miranda Talbot of Bayfield; and Adeline Thompson of Pagosa Springs have been selected to represent La Plata Electric Association as part of the National Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. scheduled for June 9-16.
Students completed an application and wrote a 500-word essay covering an aspect of the electric industry of their choosing. LPEA’s student representatives will join juniors from the cooperative’s sister electric co-ops across Colorado for this experience.
The opportunity to participate in the D.C. Youth Tour is open to all current high school juniors, including home-schooled students, who receive their electric power from LPEA. LPEA annually underwrites the cost of the trip for up to four students within its service territory – one from each school district. No applications for the 2016 trip were received from Ignacio.
Applications for the 2017 Washington D.C. Youth Tour will be available in November at LPEA’s offices in Durango and Pagosa Springs, through area high school counselors or at www.lpea.coop.
Art Center welcomes board members
The Durango Arts Center welcomed five new members to its nonprofit board of directors in January.
The new class includes Erin Dale, Alpine Bank; Katie Kandarian-Morris, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango; Joan K. Russell, artist; Anthony Savastano, an attorney with Duthie, Savastano, Brungard; and Chris Warren, board member, Volunteers of America. Each will serve a three-year term on the center’s all-volunteer board and join the current leadership of Terry Stalker, president; Sydney Morris, vice president; Melanie McLean, treasurer; Rosemary Juskevich, secretary; and John Edens.
For more information, visit www.DurangoArts.org.
Kristi Dranginis joins Shaw Solar team
Shaw Solar announces that Kristi Dranginis has recently joined the Shaw Solar team as office assistant.
Dranginis moved to Durango from Washington State five years ago. She comes to Shaw Solar with more than 20 years’ experience as a naturalist, specializing in field ornithology. To visit Dranginis’ birding website, go to www.birdmentor.com
For more information, call 259-5606 or visit shawsolar.com
EPA Lead-Safe courses available
The Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado will offer EPA Lead-Safe initial and refresher courses from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. to noon Friday in the training room at La Plata Electric Association, 45 Stewart St.
These courses are for certification or recertification of being lead-safe. The cost is $200 for the initial class and $125 for the refresher class.
Registration is required by email to Anne Bowker at anne_bowker@advanceconceptgroup.com. People should include their name, company name, phone number and return email address.
Chamber to host Tuesday Talk April 5
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host Tuesday Talk at 7:45 a.m. April 5 at Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave.
This is a causal networking event. Participants will receive a free cup of coffee. The topic will be “Smart Hub Program” presented by Dan Harms with La Plata Electric Association. Participants will learn about this recently launched program, including: features, ease of operation and how to monitor your electric usage. Reservations are required.
To register, visit www.durangobusiness.org or call 247-0312.
Herald Staff
