The Grand Junction Rockies and Grand Junction Subaru, a sponsor of the minor league baseball team, are looking for applicants age 15 and older who want to become bat boys and bat girls. Applications are due July 14. Applications and information are available online at the Web site at www.gjrockiesbatboy.com. The winner will be announced […]
Enstrom Candies in Grand Junction will resume its “I Pledge” ice cream promotion in July, joining in a nationwide effort to encourage patriotism among school age children. From 4 to 8 p.m. Fridays through July, children ages 12 and under who can recite the Pledge of Allegiance from memory will receive a free ice cream […]
A Grand Junction truck driving school that’s trained more than 200 students — and counting — is now in its seventh year in business. LeRoy and Patty Arguello launched 5 Star CDL Academy in part as a way to keep busy in retirement. The operation quickly grew from one truck to three even as enrollment […]
Registration is under way for a summer course designed to prepare teen-agers and young adults to enter the work force. Two, four-week sessions are planned, starting July 9 and 23 at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens, located at 641 Struthers Ave. in Grand Junction. Classes will run from 8 a.m. to noon Mondays and Tuesdays. […]
Judging is scheduled for June 30 for a commercial winemaker’s competition conducted as part of the Mesa County Fair in Grand Junction. Steve Menke, an associate professor of enology at Colorado State University, will officiate over the judging at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 765 Horizon Drive A panel of five judges will award gold, silver […]
A new initiative offers small businesses assistance in preparing for disasters. AT&T and the American Red Cross have launched the effort, called Safeguard Your Business. “AT&T has a long-standing commitment to business continuity and disaster preparedness on behalf of our customers,” said Bill Soards, president of AT&T in Colorado. “We’ve taken it to the next […]
The Grand Valley Surgical Center in Grand Junction has retained accreditation for meeting national health care standards set by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). “We believe our patients deserve the best,” said Willis Bultje, administrator of the Grand Valley Surgical Center. “When you see our certificate of accreditation, you will now that […]
It takes a lot of courage to start a small business. It takes even more courage to stick with it during tough times like these when the nation’s financial structure is wobbling, uncertainty fills the air and even the basic principles of free enterprise are questioned by anti-business politicians. Although the sinking economy has threatened […]
Why should small business owners and their employees care about the recall election in Wisconsin or local elections in California? The key reason: The failure to remove Gov. Scott Walker constitutes a significant failure for government labor unions. Those labor unions didn’t like the fact that Walker carried through on his campaign promises to limit […]
As I write this column and the Business Times goes to press on a Tuesday, I’m prompted to write about two things that will be decided before most of you even read this: The Obamacare Supreme Court decision and our local primary race for Mesa County commissioner between Rose Pugliese and Woody Walcher. Yes, those […]