Courtesy of the city of Durango
Walt Dear, right, hands a check to Katie Korte with the Cristian Korte Memorial Swim Fund, center, with Mary Anne Nelson, wife of the late Bill Palmer, at the Durango Community Recreation Center. On Feb. 4, the city of Durango announced Dear’s $10,000 donation to the fund in honor of Palmer, who coached the Durango Masters Swim Team.