In Brief
• Weedin Agency has announced that Eric Weedin earned this year’s Safeco Insurance Award of Excellence for the sixth consecutive year. The award recognizes him for superior underwriting skills and excellence in customer service. Fewer than 1% of insurance agents who sell Safeco personal lines policies earn the award each year. weedinagency.com
• Dan Flanscha has announced the release of more episodes of his podcast, these ones focused on Caveats of Medicare Planning and Notes from Colorado Financial Planning Association continuing education. Listen on Spotify. longspeakfinancial.com
• Human Bean Northern Colorado raised nearly $2,000 for the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund on Sept. 29, National Coffee Day. A check for $1,829.40 was presented to the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund on Oct. 23.
• Covidien LP of Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (No. US 12114913 B2, initially filed May 3, 2022) developed by 12 inventors, including Duane E. Kerr and Kim V. Brandt, both of Loveland, for “Surgical instrument with resilient driving member and related methods of use.”
• Dynexus Technology Inc. of Loveland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12117493 B2, initially filed May 1, 2020) for “Enhanced chirp excitation signal for broadband impedance measurement.”
Calendar
• Berthoud Downtown Development Authority Information Session: 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, Berthoud Recreation Center, 1000 Berthoud Parkway, Berthoud. The DDA Working Group will give an update on the progress made to date, discuss the next steps in the process of possibly creating a DDA and answer questions. Register at berthoud.org/dda.
• Sustain-O-Ween: Brewing A Successful Green Business: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, Odell Brewing, 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Join NOCOBiz Connect to learn how to brew up a successful green business. Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the brewery and discover Odell’s innovative CO2 recapture system, where the company captures and reuses CO2 to make operations more sustainable and eco-friendly. Come dressed in your best and most creative “green” costume for a chance to win a prize. Register at eventbrite.com.
• Northern Water’s Fall Water Symposium: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, Embassy Suites, 4705 Clydesdale Parkway, Loveland. Northeastern Colorado water users will hear from multiple speakers regarding regional water topics, including a forum discussing the ongoing challenges of growth. Additional presentations will include regional fire impacts to nearby water supplies, the management of aquatic weeds, an update on Colorado River happenings and the recently completed Colorado River Connectivity Channel project. Registration is now open to the public, and people are asked to register no later than Oct. 16 at bit.ly/4h3jAqH. The event includes lunch. Anyone unable to register online, can call 970-622-2234.
• Etsy for Artists and Small Business/Entrepreneurs: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., Loveland. Would you like to sell your own arts and crafts? Then consider opening an Etsy store! You can start selling your own handmade creations or vintage finds to a marketplace of more than 24 million buyers – and have a lot of fun doing it. 970-962-2599, https://www.lovelandpubliclibrary.org/events.
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• New businesses.
• Business relocations.
• Business closings.
• New contracts.
• Anniversaries (divisible by five).
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• Manufacture of new products.
• Business organization meetings, workshops, seminars or classes meant for networking or education.
• Open houses related to newsworthy events (new business, anniversary, new owners, renovations, new management, etc.).
• Awards or other recognition.
• Donations to charities.
• Earnings.
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