Bear Smart Durango receives donation
Local nonprofit Bear Smart Durango has received a donation from Cascade Engineering in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of the organization’s corporate sponsorship program.
The nonprofit will use the $250 Cub in-kind donation of a bear-resistant trash container in its Neighborhood Connection program.
For more information or to support Bear Smart Durango as a corporate sponsor, email Bryan Peterson at bp@frontier.net or call 749-4262.
Canyons of the Ancients featured in magazine
The ruins of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwest Colorado will be featured in the latest issue of Colorado Life Magazine.
The March/April 2015 issue features the article “Canyons of the Ancients” by Dan Leeth, who recently visited the area. The seven-page article features Leeth’s photographs of the monument’s canyons and pueblos.
Colorado Life Magazine publishes six issues a year and focuses on nature, history, wildlife and people of Colorado. The magazine is based in Estes Park and is family-owned by Christopher and Angela Amundson.
For more information, visit www.ColoradoLifeMagazine.com.
Heroes Home Advantage to be discussed
Heroes Home Advantage discounts and rebates are available to active and retired local law enforcement, firefighting, medical, military, education and first-responder personnel. Heroes Home Advantage is a nationwide organization that offers substantial savings related to buying, selling or refinancing real estate.
The local Heroes Home Advantage will sponsor workshops at 6 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Saturday at Keller Williams Realty at Seventh Street and Main Avenue. Participants will learn about the benefits of Heroes Home Advantage, low down-payment financing, the home-buying and selling process, down payment assistance programs and other assistance for first-time and move-up home-buyers.
For more information or to attend, call 903-0030 or 426-2829.
Max Scholfield receives certification
Max Scholfield, independent investment executive at Scholfield Wealth Management, has completed an extensive program and four examinations through The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts to become a certified divorce financial analyst.
With 25 years’ wealth management and investment industry experience, Scholfield will provide analysis, hypothetical simulations and reports evaluating the divorcing parties’ assets, including the implications of the settlement, options for dividing pensions, retirement plans, marital property and awarding child and spousal support.
For more information, call 385-1788 or email mscholfield@1stallied.com.
Human resource managers to meet
The Durango Area Human Resource Managers group will host a Human Resource Roundtable from noon to 1 p.m. March 19 at Ska Brewing Co. on Girard Drive in Bodo Industrial Park.
The roundtable discussion will allow participants to share successes they have experienced in their human resource world. People who have implemented something cool, tried out something new, invented something fresh or use a service they cannot live without should email Suzy Phare at suzy@skabrewing.com.
The group will choose four topics that will be shared prior to the meeting based on the responses.
This meeting is not for vendors who are looking to sell products and services.
The meal will be provided by The Container at Ska. The cost is $15 members and $17 for nonmembers.
To RSVP, email suzy@skabrewing.com.
Heath Garvey returns to local business
Mountain Bike Specialists, 949 Main Ave., announces the return of Heath Garvey.
Garvey returns to the business after moving to Fort Collins and working with Lee’s Cycling. He has 20 years experience in the bicycle industry. Garvey will be responsible for sales and buying.
For more information, visit www.mountainbikespecialists.com.
Terri Alexus passes IRS exam
Gervais & Associates announces Terri Alexus has passed the IRS enrolled agent exam.
As an enrolled agent, Alexus has elevated her federal income-tax compliance and advisory skills and is now authorized to represent clients before the IRS. Her accomplishment expands the team of credentialed tax professionals at Gervais & Associates, and she looks forward to applying her new skills to advise, represent and prepare tax returns for individuals and closely-held business clients. Alexus graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor of science degree in accounting theory and practice. She also is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
Gervais & Associates has provided tax and financial planning services to Durango and the Four Corners since 1991. For more information, visit www.gervaiscpas.com or call 385-1002.
Herald Staff
