Distilleries, restaurants, wineries and other businesses plan to join in a tasteful new fund-raiser. Named for Edesia, the Roman goddess of fine food and wine, the event is scheduled for 2 to 6 p.m. March 20 at the Wine Country Inn, 777 Grande River Drive in Palisade. Tickets sell for $49 and can be purchased […]
Registration is under way for an annual Administrative Professionals Day event in Grand Junction. Bill Beausay, an author, professional speaker and trainer, will present a seminar and workshop titled “Conquering Obstacles With Passion and Purpose.” The Book Cliff Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals has scheduled the Administrative Professionals day event for 11 […]
Applications are due March 18 for a free course that will offer an inside look at the Mesa County government. The five-week course is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays April 5 to May 5 with optional tours planned for lunch hours. Elected officials and department leaders will present information about various […]
Registration is under way for vendors who want to participate in the Palisade International Honeybee Festival scheduled for April 16. Vendors are needed to not only sell products, but also offer demonstrations, said Carol Zadrozny, a member of the committee organizing the festival. The event celebrates the agricultural heritage of Palisade, but also draws attention […]
A Grand Junction chiropractic practice has scheduled free workshops on trigger point massage and rehabilitation exercises. New Life Chiropractic plans the trigger point massage workshop for 6:30 p.m. March 15 at its offices at 2532 Patterson Road, No. 15. The workshop on rehabilitation exercises is planned for 6:30 p.m. March 22 at the offices. To […]
Herberger’s will trade discount coupons for donations to Goodwill Industries during a promotion scheduled to run through March 23. Participants who give gently used clothing and textiles to Goodwill will receive one coupon for each item good for discounted purchases at Herberger’s. In 2010, nearly 4 million pounds of clothes and textiles were donated. In […]
Mesa Developmental Services, a Grand Junction-based organization that provides a range of services to clients with developmental disabilities, is the first recipient of a new award from an organization that provides electronic record keeping systems. MDS received the Gold Star Standard of Therap Excellence from Therap in recognition of efforts to implement various Therap modules […]
Fruita dentists Scott and Carol Lybrook joined in an observance of National Children’s Dental Health Month by sharing information about oral hygiene with second grade students at three local elementary schools. “Dental health is important at any age, but it is critically important for our children to develop good dental health habits,” Carol Lybrook said. […]
Wells Fargo contributed a total of $4 million to 1,000 nonprofit organizations across Colorado during 2010. Wells Fargo employees donated another $933,000 and also volunteered a collective 30,000 hours for community causes. “Everyone has been touched in some way by the current economic challenges, so I couldn’t be more proud of our company and the […]
Carma Brown, personal lines manager at Home Loan Insurance, has been selected by the Grand Junction Kiwanis Club as its Citizen of the Year. Brown was honored for her role in the Challenger Baseball Program, a division of Little League Baseball that offers children with special needs a venue in which to participate in the […]