Douglas County awards

Douglas County last week announced its new Spotlight Award honoring local

businesses that invest in their business, train employees for job growth

and partner with the community. The awards are given in seven categories

and were awarded to Fresh Ideas, a Gardnerville gift shop; Red Hut Café,

a 55-year old eatery with restaurants in Lake Tahoe, Carson City and

Reno; American AVK, a Minden manufacturer of water hydrants and valves;

Edgewood Companies, which owns and operates Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course

and is building a new resort at Lake Tahoe; Soaring NV, a gliding school

and operator owned by Laurie Harden, who was awarded the Spotlight Award

for entrepreneur; RO Anderson, a Minden-based engineering firm that

started as a sole proprietorship and now employs 36 people; and Carson

Valley Inn, the recently remodeled casino/hotel located in the center of

Minden.