ANNIVERSARIES

Thompson Valley Preschool is celebrating its anniversary with Step Up for Step Two, the Thompson Valley Preschool 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration, hosted by its board of directors. The event is at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 at the Loveland Elks Club and will feature dinner, dancing and raffle. For more details or to purchase tickets, go to www.thompsonvalleypreschool.org or call executive director Gail Yant at 970-667-6552.


KUDOS

The Loveland Sculpture Invitational Show and Sale presented $10,000 to the Thompson School District’s art education programs at Centennial Elementary School library in January. The $10,000 was raised directly from the 2012 Loveland Sculpture Invitational held last August.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ‘AA+’ rating on the Fort Collins wastewater utility enterprise sewer revenue bonds, and has assigned them a stable rating outlook. The bonds, valued at approximately $33 million, were issued in 2009 for the Mulberry Water Reclamation Facility rehabilitation. This rating is part of ongoing monitoring by Fitch Ratings; the bonds