Beer logos

We’re not quite sure why you might need one, but if you ever have to have a logo from a beer company, the Web site diebierdose.de is the place to find plenty. Created by a beer can collector in Germany, the site’s page of logos in Adobe Illustrator EPS format includes three from Latvian breweries: Aldaris, Lāčplēsis and Piebalgas.

Andris Straumanis is a special correspondent for and a co-founder of Latvians Online. From 2000–2012 he was editor of the website.

Traveling women

Newspaper readers in Ohio sure are learning a lot about Latvia these days. A Dec. 1 article in the Cincinnati Enquirer reports on how travel agent Nancy Donovan is serving as a mentor for a businesswoman from Rīga.

Donovan is working with Laila Auzenberga, head of C&K Travel & Consulting, through a U.S. State Department program to aid businesswomen in emerging economies.

Auzenberga is one of 50 women from Eastern Europe in the program pairing them with American businesswomen. In addition to meeting with their mentors, they are visiting the White House and then attending a seminar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Andris Straumanis is a special correspondent for and a co-founder of Latvians Online. From 2000–2012 he was editor of the website.

Prison pastor

The Rev. Gregg W. Anderson has a passion for Latvia, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. The evangelist has been to the country 13 times to minister to the spiritual needs of prison inmates.

The 50-year-old pastor is from Highland Heights, Ohio.

Andris Straumanis is a special correspondent for and a co-founder of Latvians Online. From 2000–2012 he was editor of the website.