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V O L . X X V N O. I I JA N UA R Y 2 1 , 2 0 1 9 32 U S I N E S S M A I N E I N S H O R T N E W S WO R T H Y P E O P L E A N D P E R F O R M A N C E S its $5,000 "Maine Artist Fellowship Awards." Recipients included Diana Cherbuliez, Vinalhaven, visual arts; Lynn Duryea, Deer Isle, Belvedere hand- craft; Jennifer Lunden, Portland, literary arts; Jan Owen, Belfast, craft arts; Sarah Sockbeson, Kingfield, traditional arts; Daniel Sonenberg, Portland, perform- ing arts; and Thomas Willey, Southwest Harbor, media arts. In addition, apprenticeship recipients were: Jawad Al Fatlawi, master, and Ghasssan Al Hamdany, apprentice, Middle Eastern Music; Brian Theriault, master snow- shoe maker, and Benjamin Latvis, apprentice, crafting traditional Maine snowshoes; Atiya Haji and Khadija Ibrahim, master basketmaker and tex- tile arts, and Malyn Negye and Halima Mohamed, apprentices, Somali Bantu traditional arts; Thomas Cote, master woodcarver, and Kennedy Bancivenga, apprentice, Acadian woodcarving; and Jeffrey Allan Miller, master blacksmith, and Hannes Dale Moll, apprentice. Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast was named a "Top Rural Hospital" by e Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization. Performance across many areas of hospital care is consid- ered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, maternity care and the hospital's capacity to prevent medication errors. Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Augusta said that Mariah Cunningham- Knaus, operations coordinator, completed the Emerging Leadership program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership. e year-long leadership training program provides an opportu- nity for participants to conduct in-depth research about critical issues facing manufacturing. Colby College in Waterville received LEED platinum certification for Grossman Hall and a SITES certifica- tion for its outdoor competition center. Harriman, an architecture firm in Auburn, said Jamie Ouellette, a project manager in the firm's K-12 education studio, is now a licensed architect in the state of Maine and Matt Strong, a mem- ber of the firm's mechanical engineering studio, is now a licensed professional engineer in the state of Maine. The Maine Public Relations Council in Portland announced its "2018 Professional Achievement Awards" and "Golden Arrow Awards." Individual award winners included Paul Badeau, mdf.wufoo.com/forms/q1sdmhoy1ackziu Moderator: Katie Shorey, Startup Maine Panelists: Mary Allen Lindemann, Co-Founder, Coffee by Design Doug McKeown, Woodard and Curran Joan Fortin, Bernstein and Shur Betsy Peters, Maine Can Do SPONSORED BY: Creating a New Normal in the Workplace: Solutions and Best Practices in the #MeToo Era A year into the #MeToo movement, what are Maine businesses and organizations doing to ensure a safe, fair working environment for women? Perspectives and actionable steps from: Join us for a Leadership in Action Breakfast January 31 • 7:30–9:30am Mariner's Banquet Hall, 368 Fore St., Portland BUY TICKETS: 207.774.0465 www.portlandstage.org 25A Forest Ave, Portland, ME PORTLANDSTAGE The Theater of Maine Jamie Hogan