{"id":122466,"date":"2013-12-11T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/anasazi-heritage-center-worker-named-blm-volunteer-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2013-12-11T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:40:10","slug":"anasazi-heritage-center-worker-named-blm-volunteer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/anasazi-heritage-center-worker-named-blm-volunteer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Anasazi Heritage Center worker named BLM volunteer of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marty Costos is congratulated by Bureau of Land Management state director John Mehlhoff after he announced that she is the Colorado BLM volunteer of the year.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou really don\u2019t know why I\u2019m here do you?\u201d said John Mehlhoff, BLM acting state director for Colorado, before announcing the award at a well-attended BLM potluck.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea,\u201d Costos said. \u201cThank you so much. I feel like I\u2019m winning an Oscar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her performance as a 12-year volunteer with the AHC deserves such an honor, Mehlhoff said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour extraordinary efforts have gone above and beyond, so we thank you and look forward to many more years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Costos is well-known for her curator tours of the impressive archaeology archives below the museum, a must for every local, and a special treat for visitors who find out about them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Marty began doing the tours, locals have come back multiple times to hear her explain our collection,\u201d said Bridget Ambler, supervisory curator for the Center. \u201cShe is amazing and we could not do what we do without help from all of our volunteers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mehlhoff took Costos\u2019 archive tour before the award presentation, observing her enthusiasm and knowledge of the collection first hand.<\/p>\n

The Curatorial Department at the BLM Anasazi Heritage Center and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument nominated Costos for the award.<\/p>\n

As a volunteer, Costos has developed educational collections, cataloged archaeological materials, taught school groups, assisted with artifact conservation, completed condition reports for exhibit materials and assisted in inventorying archaeological artifacts excavated on sites as part of the Dolores Archaeological Program. She also provided weekly \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d curation tours for the public. The tours often have a waiting list and are very popular with visitors.<\/p>\n

Costos has been a dedicated volunteer at the Anasazi Heritage Center since 2002. So far, she has dedicated 1,676 hours of her time, the equivalent of a full time staff person for a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarty has consistently stepped up to the plate, and always has a great attitude,\u201d said Marietta Eaton, BLM manager for Canyons of the Ancients. \u201cThank you from the bottom of our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BLM Colorado Volunteer of the Year Award has been presented annually since 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Costos is congratulated by Bureau of Land Management state director John Mehlhoff after he announced that she is the Colorado BLM volunteer of the year.Sam Green\/Cortez Journal \u201cYou really don\u2019t know why I\u2019m here do you?\u201d said John Mehlhoff, BLM acting state director for Colorado, before announcing the award at a well-attended BLM potluck. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6363],"tags":[188,13],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-122466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ds-news","tag-dolores-star","tag-frontpage-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122466"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=122466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}