Sponsors are sought for a benefit basketball game featuring the Harlem Ambassadors. The game is set for 7 p.m. March 9 at Fruita Monument High School and will include high-flying slam dunks, ball-handling tricks and comedy routines. The Harlem Ambassadors have joined with the Kiwanis Club of Grand Junction to raise money for charitable organizations […]
The IHOP restaurant will celebrate National Pancake Day on Feb. 5 by serving free pancakes and joining in a fund-raising campaign for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. IHOP will serve complimentary stacks of buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Guests will be encouraged to make contributions to Children’s Miracle Network hospitals or other local […]
Healers of the Valley in Fruita has launched an online directory of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners. The website located at www.healersofthevalley.com offers assistance to consumers to find complementary and alternative health care options using such simple search tools as location, name and specialty. Healers of the Valley works to build connections between complementary and […]
Mary Kruse and Cynthia Castaneda were named the top-performing agents during December at Heiden Homes Realty and Associates in Grand Junction. Kruse posted the highest dollar volume in sales as well as the most new listings. Castaneda closed the most sales. In addition to her work as a Realtor, Kruse helps manage Heiden Homes. She […]
Bob Witham, president and owner of Two Rivers Winery in Grand Junction, was among the finalists for the CEO of the Year Award presented by ColoradoBiz magazine. Witham was among nine finalists in the category for small businesses featured in the December issue of the Denver-based magazine. Witham and his wife, Billie, started Two Rivers […]
Julie Hober has joined RSW Partners as client services manager for the Grand Junction-based marketing, advertising and business development consulting company. Hober joined RSW Partners after working four years with Reynolds Polymer Technology in Grand Junction, most recently as marketing manager. Before that, Hober worked at Doner, a Detroit-based ad agency, and managed national campaigns […]
Connie Tremblay has joined the Joe Reed team at RE/MAX 4000 in Grand Junction. Tremblay has been a licensed real estate agent since 1995 and will work as a buyer’s specialist with the Joe Reed Team. “I love working with buyers, and I am so excited to be able to specialize in that market here […]
A Grand Junction business executive has been selected as chairwoman of an annual March of Dimes fund-raiser. Jessica Jackson-Morris will serve as chairwoman of the 2013 March for Babies, set for April 27 at Lincoln Park in Grand Junction. Jackson-Morris is chief executive officer of Maid 2 Impress, a commercial cleaning company. “My work with […]
A majority of elected officials in Washington, D.C. once again have proven how disconnected they are from economic reality by passing their so-called remedy to the “fiscal cliff.” The politicians argue their deal averted the catastrophe of massive tax increases and arbitrary spending cuts in federal programs. The reality, of course, is that compared […]
So we’ve survived the apocalypse supposedly foretold by the end of the ancient Mayan calendar. And we didn’t tumble off the so-called fiscal cliff, even though the last-minute deal worked out to avert tax hikes and automatic government spending cuts was rightfully panned by some as causing more harm than good. So what’s next for […]