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The merger between SCL Health and Intermountain Healthcare will not result in any material changes in services, the Colorado Attorney General's Office has determined.
The office released its opinion on the matter today, saying the Colorado-based SCL, the parent nonprofit company for St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, will continue to act as it always has under the larger Utah-based Intermountain, also a nonprofit corporation.
As a result, that merger is expected to close later today, and become official on Friday, as originally planned.
"After reviewing many documents related to the transaction produced by SCL Health and Intermountain, and after having numerous conversations with them, we determined that the merger will not result in any material change in SCL Health's charitable purpose, or the charitable purpose of SCL Health's hospitals, including St. Mary's," said John Feeney-Coyle, senior assistant attorney general.
"We also found that the merger would not result in any removal of any material hospital assets from Colorado, and so we would have continuing jurisdiction over those assets," he added. "In looking at whether a material change would be made to either SCL Health or the hospitals' charitable purpose, we looked at all of their existing charitable purposes as articulated in their current articles of incorporation."
Feeney-Coyle said the state has limited authority over such mergers, but is required to insure a Colorado-based nonprofit such as SCL continues to comply with the Colorado Hospital Transfer Act, meaning it must continue to follow it's mission to provide health care for the poor and needy, as it stated in its establishing document.
The merger also ensures that SCL's hospitals, specifically St. Mary's and Saint Joseph's in Denver, will continue to be affiliated with the Catholic Church, or more specifically, Leaven Ministries, Feeney-Coyle said.
That ministry was formed in 2011 to oversee SCL's hospitals in Colorado, Kansas and Montana by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas, which started the hospital network as a nonprofit in 1864.
Intermountain was initially formed by the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1910.
The merger agreement, first announced by the two entities last fall, is to remain unchanged for at least five years, Feeney-Coyle said.
The two nonprofits will operate under the Intermountain name, which employs about 38,000 people at 1,113 hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other medical offices in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana and Alaska.
SCL Health, which is based in Broomfield, has 153 hospitals and clinics in Colorado, Montana and Kansas. It's main governing board, along with local community boards for its hospitals, are to remain intact.
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Special to the SentinelSeveral years ago, I was in Morocco during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and found it very interesting.
All around me, people were fasting during the day and focusing on their spiritual practice.
Starting tomorrow night, more than 25% of the world will be observing Ramadan.
This holiday commemorates the revelation of the Quran by their prophet Mohammad and is a deeply spiritual time.
I reached out to our local Muslim community to learn more about its traditions during Ramadan.
Each day, there is pre-sunrise meal called suhur. This meal is full of nutrients to help support a person as he or she fasts until sunset. Some of the foods eaten might be fruit, cheese, eggs, vegetables, bread, tea and water.
The rest of the day is spent fasting for those over the age of 12 who don’t have any underlying medical conditions.
Many religions in the world include fasting as part of their traditions. Abstaining from food and water is thought to help enhance one’s spiritual connection and foster compassion for those who suffer from hunger on a regular basis.
When the sun sets, the delightful and delicious foods of Ramadan begin! Traditionally, a person breaks the fast each evening by eating a date and drinking water.
Dates can be found at our local grocery stores and are a delicious and nutritious, sweet fruit. After dates and water, people gather together for a meal called iftar. This meal might include soup, vegetables, meat, dried fruits, juices and desserts.
At the end of the month of Ramadan, a large celebratory meal called Eid al-fitr occurs. This is an extra joyful time with friends and family. There is prayer, gift exchanges, giving to charities and many delicious foods are eaten.
The traditional greeting is “Eid Mubarak,” which means Blessed Eid.
Here in the Grand Valley, our local Muslim community gathers to celebrate iftar during the month of Ramadan. People come from miles away and bring foods from their family traditions, including foods from Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Turkey.
Che Bou-Matar, a member of Two Rivers Mosque, told me it “is a great joy to come together, to worship together, and to experience and share the home cooking of a wide variety of flavors and blend of spices.”
I wholeheartedly agree! Food connects us to our shared humanity, nourishes us and can bring us joy.
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This month’s First Friday for art lands on April Fool’s Day, but two new gallery spaces set to open that day are no joke.
The Art Center of Western Colorado will reveal The Jac Kephart Gallery and the Uncanny Valley Art Gallery will show off its new location.
JAC KEPHART GALLERY
After more than a year of fundraising and months of work, the doors will finally open to The Jac Kephart Gallery at The Art Center.
A grand opening reception for the gallery and ongoing exhibitions will be from 6:30–9 p.m. Friday, April 1, at The Art Center, 1803 N. Seventh St.
The 1,700-square-foot Kephart Gallery was designed to be striking and to rise to the level of Kephart’s art, said Ronya Anna, president of the board of trustees.
The gallery’s glossy black tile floor and matte black ceiling set off the crisp white walls and draw the eye to the art, which is currently a retrospective of Kephart’s work.
“I think it turned out much better than we could have imagined,” Anna said.
Construction began in mid-December on the gallery space that used to be an open air serenity garden on The Art Center’s east side. It was one project among many to upgrade the facility, including installing a modern fire mitigation system, updating the HVAC system, roof repairs and storage improvements.
New carpeting is still coming for the Gould Gallery and it will flow well with the tile in the Kephart Gallery since the two galleries are now connected by a doorway, Anna said.
“I think people are going to be wowed by it,” said Lee Borden, the center’s executive director. “I think Jac would have just loved this gallery.”
Kephart was a “magnificent artist and supporter of the arts” and this gallery space will increase the center’s ability to promote the arts by creating more space for exhibitions and for the center’s learning programs for all ages, Borden said.
During Friday’s reception, members of the public can view the new gallery filled with Kephart’s artwork as well as the “Monuments & Canyons” exhibition from artists in the Monuments and Canyons Plein Air event, the Rockies West National watercolor show and the CMU Student Exhibition.
The reception will include hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.
“We’re just really grateful to the community for the outpouring of support,” Anna said. “He (Kephart) was a loved individual.”
For information about the Kephart Gallery Project, which is 95% funded, go to gjartcenter.org/kephartproject.
UNCANNY VALLEY
The original tin ceiling is still there and it won’t be the only original thing to greet those stepping into Uncanny Valley Art Gallery for its “Grand Re-Re-Re-Opening Art Show.”
The original Douglas fir hardwood floors now can be seen, as well as the building’s original brick walls.
The shelving that was filled by hundreds of pairs of shoes when the location was Benge’s Shoe Store is now gone, opening up the room for art.
“We’ve just been putting a ton of love into this place,” said Matt Goss, gallery director for Uncanny Valley Art Gallery, which began its move east on Main Street in February.
Its “Grand Re-Re-Re-Opening Art Show” will begin with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, at its new location at 514 Main St.
Construction work on the space took longer than Goss expected, and “people are really excited to get some peeks in here,” he said.
What they will find on Friday is an open and beautiful gallery, he said. There also is a classroom and demo space and an ADA compliant bathroom.
While its address is different, its operation as an uncensored and commission-free gallery will remain the same, Goss said.
Uncanny Valley will mark its 8th anniversary in May so “there is more than one celebration coming up,” he said.
For information about Uncanny Valley and its shows, go to facebook.com/UncannyValleyArt.
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RITTZ: THE LOUD & CLEAR TOUR ’22, doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, Mesa Theater, 538 Main St., with Grieves & Trizz, $25–$30, mesatheater.com.
THE RIVER ARKANSAS, doors 7 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery, 232 E. Main St., Montrose, $15 in advance, $20 day of show, tickets at healthyrhythmartgallery.bigcartel.com/category/concerts-gallery-events.
HAVEN EFFECT, 9:30 p.m.–1 a.m. Friday, April 1, Cruisers Bar, 715 Horizon Drive, facebook.com/HavenEffect.
JOHN McEUEN AND FRIENDS: WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, Ute Theater, 132 E. Fourth St., Rifle, with The Circle Band, utetheater.com.
TIM + RICHARD, 9 p.m. Friday, April 1, Orchard Mesa Cruisers, 2692 U.S. Highway 50, facebook.com/TR970.
DESERT FLYER BAND, 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, Koko’s Tavern, 152 S. Mesa St., Fruita, facebook.com/kokostavern.
JOEY ROWLAND & THE OVER AND UNDER BAND, 8:30–11:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, Warehouse 25Sixty-Five, 2565 American Way, free show, warehouse2565.com.
THE TROY DOUGLAS BAND, 5–8 p.m. Friday, April 1 and Thursday, April 7, Bailey’s Lounge, Grand Vista Hotel, 2790 Crossroads Blvd., 970-241-8411.
COUSIN CURTISS, 6 p.m. Friday, April 1, San Juan Brews Coffeehouse and Brewery, 512 E. Main St., Montrose, award-winning root stomp music, facebook.com/cousin.curtiss.
JAC KEPHART GALLERY GRAND OPENING/FIRST FRIDAY, reception from 6:30–9 p.m. Friday, April 1, The Art Center, 1803 N. Seventh St., grand opening of the Jac Kephart Gallery, exhibits on display are “Monuments & Canyons,” CMU Student Exhibition and Rockies West National, reception includes hors d’oeuvres and a cash beer and wine bar, gjartcenter.org.
COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY SENIOR ART SHOW, opening reception 5–8 p.m. Friday, April 1, 437CO Art Gallery, 437 Colorado Ave., features artwork by Taliacyn Childs, Dahlia Jimenez, Evangelina Diaz and Brynley Foster, on display through April, coloradomesa.edu/art/gallery/index.html.
RECYCLED BOOK ART JURIED ART SHOW, Central Library, Mesa County Libraries, 443 N. Sixth St., projects created using recycled books, on display through May 12, mesacountylibraries.org.
UNCANNY VALLEY GRAND RE-RE-REOPENING ART SHOW, 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, Uncanny Valley Art Gallery, 514 Main St. (former Benges Shoes location), facebook.com/UncannyValleyArt.
FIRST FIRDAY ART RECEPTION, 4–9 p.m. Friday, April 1, Black Poppy Gallery, 530 Main St., Suite E, on display through April 30, facebook.com/blackpoppy530.
THE DAILY SENTINEL RV SHOW, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday, April 1, and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Mesa County Fairgrounds, 2785 U.S. Highway 50, 100,000 square feet of RVs, tour fifth wheels, motor homes, tent trailers, toy haulers, truck campers and more, $5 in advance $7 at the door, tickets valid for the three-day event, tickets at 970tix.com.
DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT WEEK, April 1–10, discover new restaurants, try new dishes, win gift cards to downtown restaurants, downtowngj.org.
“A TRIBUTE TO BERNSTEIN,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 1–2, Love Recital Hall, Moss Performing Arts Center, CMU, 1221 N. 12th St., CMU opera concert, tickets $12 adults, $10 seniors, tickets at coloradomesa.edu/tickets.
“MACBETH,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 1–2, Magic Circle Theater, 420 S. 12th St., Montrose, William Shakespeare’s tragic play, presented by Magic Circle Players, tickets $15–19, tickets at magiccircleplayers.com.
EL LOCO FANDANGO: ZZ TOP TRIBUTE, 7–11:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Warehouse 25Sixty-Five, 2565 American Way, $15, warehouse2565.com.
WEST COAST HIP-HOP EXTRAVAGANZA, 6–9 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Monumental Beer Works, 2575 U.S. Highway 6&50, Wowzers and DJ Will, facebook.com/monumentalbeerworks.
PURPLE PIANO: THE ONE-MAN TRIBUTE TO PRINCE, 6–8 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Ute Theater, 132 E. Fourth St., Rifle, Las Vegas act features Marshall Charloff performing Prince’s hits; Purple Xperience, five-piece group with front-man Charloff perform 9:30–11 p.m., utetheater.com.
STILL HOUSE STRING BAND, 4–7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Ale House, 2531 N. 12th St., patio opening party, facebook.com/stillhousestringband.
FISHING IS FUN DAY, 8–10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Snooks Bottom Open Space, Fruita, for kids age 14 and younger, preregister at the Fruita community Center, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will teach knot tying, fishing laws and regulations and fish identification, fruita.org, 970-858-0360.
“DISNEY THE LION KING JR.,” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Grand Junction High School auditorium, 1400 N. Fifth St., musical presented by The Theatre Project featuring more than 70 youth ages 5–18, $5, tickets at 970tix.com, theatreprojectgj.com.
GRAND MESA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, 3–5 p.m. and 7–9 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center, 195 W. Main St., Cedaredge, featuring 15 films filmmakers from across Colorado, $10 per person, grandmesaartscenter.com.
YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERT, 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2, The Art Center, 1803 N. Seventh St., Grand Junction and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Montrose Pavilion, 1800 Pavilion Drive, Montrose, Western Slope Concert Series concert final concert of the season featuring emerging artists Mariama Alcântara on violin and Zerek Dodson on piano, program features Franz Schubert’s “A major Sonata” and Ottorino Respighi’s “B minor Sonata,” single tickets $17, tickets at westernslopeconcertseries.org.
STRUGGLE JENNINGS, doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Mesa Theater, 538 Main St., rapper son of Jesse Colter and Waylon Jennings on the Angels and Outlaws Tour with guest daughter Brianna Harness, $20–$22, mesatheater.com.
NORTH BY NORTH, doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m., Sunday, April 3, Orchard Mesa Cruisers, 2692 U.S. Highway 50, band from Chicago with Just as Well and Super Fox, $10, ages 21 and older, facebook.com/ValiantHeartProductions.
“FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEA DIRECTED BY THREE,” 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Avalon Theatre, 645 Main St., spring concert presented by The Grand Junction Centennial Band, facebook.com/Grandjunctioncentennialband.
BANDA LOS SEBASTIANES DE SAUL PLATA, 5–11 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Warehouse 25Sixty-Five, 2565 American Way, with Banda Movil and Bis Nietos, $60, 970-457-7508.
POND SKIM & CLOSING WEEKEND, noon–6 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Powderhorn Mountain Resort, 48338 Powderhorn Road, Mesa, retro customs encouraged, DJ Chandlebarr, powderhorn.com.
“WHAT WERE YOU WEARING?”, 5–7:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, Central Library, Mesa County Libraries, 443 N. Sixth St., and 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 11–12, Meyer Ballroom, University Center, Colorado Mesa University, free exhibit presented by The Center for Children in partnership with CMU’s Sexual Assault Prevention Club, Latimer House and Goodwill of Colorado, art installation challenges stereotypes related to sexual assault including gender, age and what the victim was wearing, centerforchildrencac.org.
THE TUESDAY JAM, 7–10 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, Charlie Dwellington’s, 103 N. First St., take an instrument, 241-4010.
CIRCUS FUNTASTIC, 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5–6, Mesa County Fairgrounds, 2785 U.S. Highway 50, “A Superhero Adventure” theme with acrobats, jugglers, clowns and more, tickets cost $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 2–11, children younger than 2 get in free, tickets at circusfuntastic.com.
WESTERN MOVIE CELEBRATION, Thursday through Sunday, April 7–10, Egyptian Theater and Tru Vu Drive-In in Delta, showing “High Noon,” “Once Upon A Time in the West,” “El Dorado,” “Johnny Guitar” and “Shane,” $5 per person per show, times and location schedule at facebook.com/WesternMovieCelebration.
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For those looking for something to do with their kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews this weekend, here are two Grand Valley events to consider.
Kids age 14 and younger can get a line in the water, catch a fish and learn how to identify that fish during the Fishing Is Fun Day from 8–10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at Snooks Bottom Open Space in Fruita.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff will help with the fishing during this event that will be offered through the Fruita Community Center.
CPW also will teach knot tying, offer information about fishing laws and will even stock Snooks Bottom with trout before the event.
The first 50 kids to preregister will receive a fishing pole from CPW. Preregistration can be made through the community center, 324 N. Coulson St., in Fruita, or by calling 970-858-0360.
Note: If this event interests you but you can’t work it into your weekend, mark your calendar for Outdoor Heritage Day that will offer fishing and more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 at Riverbend Park in Palisade.
With “Hakuna Matata” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” The Theatre Project will present “The Lion King Jr.”
More than 70 local youth ages 5–18 will be part of the Disney musical that will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the auditorium at Grand Junction High School, 1400 N. Fifth St. The general admission tickets cost $5 and can be purchased at 970tix.com or at the door.
“The Lion King Jr.” tells the story of the lion cub Simba. After the death of his father and King of the Pridelands, Simba “struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as king,” according to a news release from The Theatre Project.
The lioness Nala, meerkat Timon and warthog Pumbaa are among the characters Simba meets as he grows up and must save the Pridelands from his Uncle Scar.
For information about The Theatre Project and its productions for children and adults, go to theatreprojectgj.com.
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This portrait of Benjamin Franklin was painted by Joseph Siffred Duplessis circa 1785. The two-part documentary “Benjamin Franklin” will air on Rocky Mountain PBS on Monday and Tuesday, April 4–5.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY/ Smithsonian Institution
From his inventions to his revolutionary politics, Benjamin Franklin figured large in 18th century American history.
Get to know the man better through a two-part documentary from director and executive producer Ken Burns. “Benjamin Franklin” will air at 7 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 4–5, on Rocky Mountain PBS.
The documentary, which was written by Dayton Duncan, “explores the life and work of one of the most consequential figures in American history — a prolific inventor, a world-renowned diplomat and a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution,” according to a news release from RMPBS.
“Every American learns about Benjamin Franklin in grade school, but often it ends there,” said David Schmidt, a producer for the documentary, in the news release. “He is too interesting, too complicated and too important a figure not to revisit.”
For information about the documentary, go to rmpbs.org.
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Special to the SentinelSeveral years ago, I was in Morocco during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and found it very interesting.
All around me, people were fasting during the day and focusing on their spiritual practice.
Starting tomorrow night, more than 25% of the world will be observing Ramadan.
This holiday commemorates the revelation of the Quran by their prophet Mohammad and is a deeply spiritual time.
I reached out to our local Muslim community to learn more about its traditions during Ramadan.
Each day, there is pre-sunrise meal called suhur. This meal is full of nutrients to help support a person as he or she fasts until sunset. Some of the foods eaten might be fruit, cheese, eggs, vegetables, bread, tea and water.
The rest of the day is spent fasting for those over the age of 12 who don’t have any underlying medical conditions.
Many religions in the world include fasting as part of their traditions. Abstaining from food and water is thought to help enhance one’s spiritual connection and foster compassion for those who suffer from hunger on a regular basis.
When the sun sets, the delightful and delicious foods of Ramadan begin! Traditionally, a person breaks the fast each evening by eating a date and drinking water.
Dates can be found at our local grocery stores and are a delicious and nutritious, sweet fruit. After dates and water, people gather together for a meal called iftar. This meal might include soup, vegetables, meat, dried fruits, juices and desserts.
At the end of the month of Ramadan, a large celebratory meal called Eid al-fitr occurs. This is an extra joyful time with friends and family. There is prayer, gift exchanges, giving to charities and many delicious foods are eaten.
The traditional greeting is “Eid Mubarak,” which means Blessed Eid.
Here in the Grand Valley, our local Muslim community gathers to celebrate iftar during the month of Ramadan. People come from miles away and bring foods from their family traditions, including foods from Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Turkey.
Che Bou-Matar, a member of Two Rivers Mosque, told me it “is a great joy to come together, to worship together, and to experience and share the home cooking of a wide variety of flavors and blend of spices.”
I wholeheartedly agree! Food connects us to our shared humanity, nourishes us and can bring us joy.
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It’s April 1 and we all know that today could be packed with all kinds of foolhearted shenanigans.
It’s April Fools’ Day, which has celebrated and/or recognized for several centuries by different cultures.
But what about its origin? That is still cloaked in mystery — no fooling.
The day has long been filled with hoaxes or practical jokes played on others.
Here’s what History.com has to say about its origin. If you care to believe this or if you are the skeptical kind and think it’s all just a joke, well that’s up to you.
Some historians have speculated that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1, the History.com article reads.
The theory revolves around the concept that people who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to Jan. 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes and were called “April fools.” Some early pranks pulled on these people included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.
Other historians have linked April Fools’ Day to festivals such as Hilaria (Latin for joyful), which was celebrated in ancient Rome at the end of March by followers of the cult of Cybele. It involved people dressing up in disguises and mocking fellow citizens and even magistrates and was said to be inspired by the Egyptian legend of Isis, Osiris and Seth.
There’s also speculation that April Fools’ Day was tied to the vernal equinox, or first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with changing, unpredictable weather.
April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th century.
In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event, starting with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on phony errands (gowk is a word for cuckoo bird, a symbol for fool) and followed by Tailie Day, which involved pranks played on people’s derrieres, such as pinning fake tails or “kick me” signs on them, the History.com story revealed.
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Recreational vehicles are a popular commodity here in western Colorado, particularly because of the easy access to camping and outdoor activities in the region.
As many industries struggled throughout the course of the pandemic, RV dealers reported steady sales numbers despite the economic disruption stoked by COVID-19.
“Just like everyone else, we were taken aback when everything shut down, but quickly people realized that one of the things you can do during a pandemic is get outdoors. It ended up being a great time for us. It hasn’t slowed down for us, and we’re dead even with last year, which was a record year, as was the year before that,” said Brad Carver, general manager at Centennial RV.
Bob Scott RVs reports similar findings, claiming that they, too, have seen a strong demand for campers in the last few years. Inventory, however, has been one of the primary issues these dealers have experienced.
Chris Bratager, sales manager at Bob Scott RVs attributes a lower production rate, caused by the pandemic, to weakened overall inventory on their lot, making it feel as though they’re “always empty.”
“Inventory has improved though. It’s better now than it was,” Bratager said. “Manufacturers have had to adjust their approach because of the pandemic, but they’re starting to get caught up again. Manufacturers have had to focus more on products that people were buying a lot of, which in turn helped us out. It got us our inventory in time. Still not like it used to be, but slowly improving.”
Paul Roach, the manager at Humphrey RV, says inventory has been very challenging, especially for the smaller dealers. At Humphrey, they’ve only gotten back to an inventory they’re happy with since this last winter. Still, Roach thinks that it’ll be difficult to replenish units as fast as they’d like come high season.
Roach says that although they’ve done fine amidst the pandemic, inventory was certainly one of the biggest obstacles.
“The industry basically ran out of product. There was hardly any inventory for the entire nation. The supply chain issues meant that we were selling RVs as fast as they were coming onto our lot. We did grow right through the pandemic though, it was two record years in fact,” Roach said.
Inventory has been rebounding for some dealers.
“Our inventory is great. We’ve been fortunate, more so than a lot of other dealers in fact. We kept a really good flow of inventory, even though we got a little low at one point, we were selling stuff before it even hit a lot, so we always had stuff to sell,” said Brad Carver of Centennial RV. “Manufactures helped a lot. I mean, right now we’re packed with inventory, it’s like we’re starting to run out of space.”
BOOMING USED RV MARKET
One of the high points that has persisted throughout and since the height of the pandemic has been the used RV market.
The three local dealers all said the used market was particularly hot, especially during the midst of the pandemic.
“The used sales market has definitely been the strongest point right there. We’ve been doing a lot of reaching out to the public and buying a lot of trailers from people to bump inventory. It’s definitely the hottest thing going. People were looking for value, and they found a lot of it in the used market for sure,” Bratager said.
Roach spoke similarly, claiming that the used RV market “has been a little hotter in the last six months for us.” He says that his industry has not been spared the inflation that the rest of the economy has experienced, which has made the newer RVs a bit pricier than they have been even a year ago.
“The used market got popular because of the lack of availability of the new stuff. Demand was so high. If someone couldn’t find a new RV, they’d find a used one and jump on that, so the used market has been especially strong lately,” Carver said.
The three dealers agree that the used market has helped their sales numbers despite the pandemic and higher inflation.
Carver also noted that, despite higher gas prices, he doesn’t think that it has affected people’s interest in getting an RV. Carver attributes this to the Grand Valley and its accessibility to nearby camping, making the need to buy gas less of an issue than in other areas.
“People have been concerned about gas, but here in this town, dealers are in an unusual situation. Within a 100 miles, there’s so much to do from here for camping. We have so many places nearby, so you don’t have to spend a ton of money on gas,” Carver said. “That might be why we haven’t struggled, because we live in a really great place to go camping on the weekends.”
The Daily Sentinel RV Show returned for the first time since the pandemic and continues today and Saturday.
“The fact that we’re back to having an RV show is really good to be back in the public, having the RV show, and putting a couple hundred units on display and feeling like we’re actually getting back to normal in this post-pandemic era we’re living in right now,” Roach said.
“The RV show is always helpful for us, but I’ll be honest, the last two years, we haven’t really needed it, Carver said. “We’ll get business all the way into the fall from the RV show, so it’s always good and a good way to kick off the season, so we’re excited.”
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LEFT: Grand Junction Fire Chief Ken Watkins speaks Thursday during the groundbreaking ceremony for Fire Station 8 at 441 31 Road.
ABOVE: Groundbreaking for the new $6 million fire station, nicknamed the “two pony station,” begins. The station will provide 21 new jobs, which will be filled by people currently training in GJFD’s academy ahead of a planned December opening for Station 8.
Grand Junction Fire Chief, Ken Watkins, third from left, helps gather people together during the groundbreaking ceremony of Fire Station 8, 441 31 Rd., on Thursday, March 31.
Representatives from the City of Grand Junction, Grand Junction Fire Department, Blythe, FCI Construction, and others involved in the project, break ground during the groundbreaking ceremony of Fire Station 8, 441 31 Rd., on Thursday, March 31.
LEFT: Grand Junction Fire Chief Ken Watkins speaks Thursday during the groundbreaking ceremony for Fire Station 8 at 441 31 Road.
ABOVE: Groundbreaking for the new $6 million fire station, nicknamed the “two pony station,” begins. The station will provide 21 new jobs, which will be filled by people currently training in GJFD’s academy ahead of a planned December opening for Station 8.
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Grand Junction Fire Chief, Ken Watkins, third from left, helps gather people together during the groundbreaking ceremony of Fire Station 8, 441 31 Rd., on Thursday, March 31.
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Representatives from the City of Grand Junction, Grand Junction Fire Department, Blythe, FCI Construction, and others involved in the project, break ground during the groundbreaking ceremony of Fire Station 8, 441 31 Rd., on Thursday, March 31.
The city of Grand Junction broke ground on the $6 million Fire Station 8, a.k.a. the “two pony station,” located at 31 Road and D 1/2 Road, Thursday.
Fire Station 8 is the second of three fire stations to be built with funds from the city’s public safety tax.
The first, Fire Station 6, opened in 2020. The third, Fire Station 7, will follow station eight.
In addition, the rebuilt Fire Station 3is scheduled to re-open in about six weeks, Fire Chief Ken Watkins said.
“Public safety is a strategic priority for the City of Grand Junction,” Mayor Chuck McDaniel said, saying that priority is shared by City Council and the city’s residents.
Although Station 8 is in an area that isn’t surrounded by much right now, McDaniel said, as the city grows there will be more activity around the station.
When it opens, the station’s immediate service area will consist of about 5,100 homes and 181 business parcels across six square miles. That area has a population of about 13,000.
“It’ll be a fairly busy station when it opens,” Watkins said.
The station will provide 21 new jobs, which will be filled by people currently training in GJFD’s academy ahead of a planned December opening for Station 8.
The station received its nickname from two ponies owned by the land’s previous owners, who now occupy a neighboring parcel of land. The ponies are named Cookie and Cream.
“They’ve been part of this process with us,” Watkins said.
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Contempt charges against embattled Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters could result in up to 6 months in jail.
That, at least, is part of the penalty that Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein is seeking for Peters over charges that she improperly video recorded a court proceeding, and then lied to a district judge about it. She also could face an unspecified fine.
While Peters didn’t enter a plea in the case during a hearing on Thursday, it was evident from her attorneys that she intends to plead not guilty to the charge.
One of her attorneys, Denver lawyer Harvey Steinberg, asked District Judge Valerie Robison to set a jury trial and appoint a special prosecutor in the case, saying that under the state’s criminal codes Peters was entitled to both.
But Rubinstein argued, and Robison agreed, that the matter wasn’t a criminal one, but a civil matter.
“I’m not sure under what theory defense counsel is asking for a jury trial,” Rubinstein told the judge. “This is not an offense. This is contempt.”
Steinberg said a jury trial would be proper because the contempt charge is a petty offense that could lead to jail time, meaning the state’s criminal code would apply.
And on the special prosecutor, he said one is needed because the main witnesses against Peters is a prosecutor and a paralegal in Rubinstein’s office.
“In this case, I’m sure the court’s had the opportunity to read the order set forth for the contempt citation makes clear that Mr. Rubinstein’s staff not only initiated the matter before the judge, but also are the key witnesses,” Steinberg said. “It really hampers our ability, if you will, to do an investigation, attempt to interview witnesses since we’re interviewing employees of the very district attorney who’s going to be prosecuting the case.”
Rubinstein, however, said that happens all the time.
“Staff from our office are witnesses in many criminal cases,” he said. “The prohibition is for lawyers in the office to be witnesses because there are ethical rules prohibiting lawyers from being both an advocate and a witness the a case. There will be no lawyers from my office that I will call.”
Those witnesses, one of whom could include the sister of Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley, are expected to testify that they saw Peters recording a February court proceeding for Knisley, and heard the exchange between Judge Matthew Barrett asking Peters if she was recording, and the clerk’s denial of it, according to court documents.
The contempt charge is separate to a related matter that led to two obstruction charges levied against Peters when law enforcement, including an investigator in Rubinstein’s office, attempted to execute a search warrant to obtain the iPad Peters allegedly used to make the recording. Those charges, too, could include jail time.
All this occurred during a hearing for Knisley over related burglary and cybercrime charges over the deputy clerk’s alleged violation of a county order to stay away from the clerk’s office while numerous personnel complaints against her are investigated. Knisley’s jury trial on those charges are to begin May 31.
Both Peters and Knisley also are facing a 13-count grand jury indictment on criminal felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly tampering with election equipment and official misconduct. Arraignment hearings on those charges are set for late May.
Peters also is the subject of several ethics investigations and civil lawsuits, one of which could result in her being removed permanently as the county’s designated election official. Peters is not running for reelection as clerk, but is seeking the GOP nomination for secretary of state.
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The merger between SCL Health and Intermountain Healthcare will not result in any material changes in services, clearing the way for the transaction to go forward as planned, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has determined.
In its opinion released Thursday, the AG’s office said the Colorado-based SCL, the parent nonprofit company for St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, will continue to act as it always has under the larger Utah-based Intermountain, also a nonprofit corporation.
As a result, that merger is expected to become official today.
“After reviewing many documents related to the transaction produced by SCL Health and Intermountain, and after having numerous conversations with them, we determined that the merger will not result in any material change in SCL Health’s charitable purpose, or the charitable purpose of SCL Health’s hospitals, including St. Mary’s,” said John Feeney-Coyle, senior assistant attorney general.
“We also found that the merger would not result in any removal of any material hospital assets from Colorado, and so we would have continuing jurisdiction over those assets,” he added. “In looking at whether a material change would be made to either SCL Health or the hospitals’ charitable purpose, we looked at all of their existing charitable purposes as articulated in their current articles of incorporation.”
Feeney-Coyle said the state has limited authority over such mergers, but is required to ensure a Colorado-based nonprofit such as SCL continues to comply with the Colorado Hospital Transfer Act, meaning it must continue to follow it’s mission to provide health care for the poor and vulnerable, as is stated in its establishing document.
The merger also ensures that SCL’s hospitals, specifically St. Mary’s and Saint Joseph’s in Denver, will continue to be affiliated with the Catholic Church, or more specifically, Leaven Ministries, Feeney-Coyle said.
That ministry was formed in 2011 to oversee SCL’s hospitals in Colorado, Kansas and Montana by the Kansas-based Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, which first started the hospital network as a nonprofit in 1864.
Intermountain was initially formed by the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1910.
The merger agreement, first announced by the two entities last fall, is to remain unchanged for at least five years, Feeney-Coyle said.
The two nonprofits will operate under the Intermountain name, which employs about 38,000 people at 1,113 hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other medical offices in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana and Alaska.
SCL Health has 153 hospitals and clinics in Colorado, Montana and Kansas. It’s main governing board and community boards for its five hospitals are to remain intact.
The ruling on the merger, particularly the part about retaining SCL assets in the state, had become a concern in the Grand Valley over what might happen with the $459 million St. Mary’s has in its reserve account, and the $1.5 billion SCL has in its.
That money is from accumulated profits over several years, and is expected to be reinvested in the community.
Grand Junction resident Doug Aden, who sits on the SCL Board of Directors, said in a letter to The Daily Sentinel that he was part of a five-member team that helped negotiate the merger, and is satisfied it not only is being done right, but will result in long-lasting benefits to both organizations.
“I am confident that the new Intermountain Healthcare will focus on ensuring more accessible and more affordable care in our region while trying to keep people healthy rather than simply treating them when they are sick,” wrote Aden, who also once served on the local St. Mary’s board.
“Intermountain Healthcare believes the traditional health care system model needs to become more consumer-centric and meet people where they are,” he added. “One of the things that appealed to me about this merger is Intermountain’s focus on rural communities in our region having greater access to high-level care through such things as affordable tele-health services.”
Hospital officials have said that there will be no staffing changes, or reduction in services.
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Three people were arrested Thursday after an hourslong standoff with the Grand Junction Police Department and Mesa County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team.
According to a GJPD press release, at about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress in the 1600 block of N. 16th Street.
According to the release, the reporting party said someone entered their home brandishing a handgun, and the occupants were able to leave safely.
Three people then barricaded themselves inside the home, according to the release.
When officers arrived on scene, they determined one of the subjects had active warrants for their arrest, and attempted to make contact with the subject, with no success.
The SWAT team and GJPD drone operators responded to assist.
GJPD said “tactical tools” were used to gain compliance from the subjects after a search warrant was obtained. The subjects exited the home voluntarily and were detained.
Charges are forthcoming, according to GJPD.
Two of the subjects were taken to the hospital for suspected drug overdoses.
Two Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies were also transported to the hospital after a potential fentanyl exposure but were found to be fine, according to GJPD.
A shelter in place notification from the Grand Junction Police Department was put in place during the incident.
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By GREG WALCHER
For generations, playground bullies have repeated the rhyme, “finders keepers, losers weepers,” as justification for theft. It’s a catchy phrase, but it does not vindicate stealing. Adults sometimes put it differently, citing the equally dubious phrase, “possession is nine-tenths of the law.” But it isn’t. The mere fact of possession does not equate to ownership. If it did, there would be no deterrent to common thievery.
Thankfully, there is more to ownership than that, whether the property is a set of marbles on the playground, or a tract of land. A new debate rages among historians about what constitutes land ownership, thanks to blog posts from Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz, and the group’s former executive director, who lost his job over the dispute. They accuse the conservation movement’s greatest hero, and the Sierra Club’s own founder, John Muir (1838-1914), of racism, citing some of his early writings as evidence that he was not especially fond of the Native American tribes he encountered. Cruz wants Muir “cancelled.” The Sierra Club must focus not only on conservation, but on “being a part of a broader movement for social and environmental justice.” Fine. If the Sierra Club no longer wants John Muir as its hero — one of the great founders of the conservation movement — I’ll take him.
I’ve always thought accusing people from the past of racism is a slippery slope, as nearly everybody in the 19th Century shared that character flaw with Muir to some degree. Very few historical figures could pass today’s political correctness test. Cruz wants to reassert tribal ownership of New York, not that any modern people would want such a mess. No, these historical revisionists want the money that would be due, if everyone agreed that their ancestors owned it. But did they?
Cruz admits that “We were not the original inhabitants of most of the places that we step in. There has been for millennia other groups and other nations that were there…” And therein lies the crux of the debate. Does land forever belong to descendants of whoever was there first?
New York was once occupied by the Lenape people, a loose association of independent villages speaking similar Algonquin languages. But they were not the first, either. Did they take the land from their predecessors? Archaeologists say people lived there 9,000 years earlier. The Lenape were frequently at odds with Iroquois, Susquehannocks and each other, sometimes going to war, so the territory changed hands often. European settlers also claimed the land by occupying it. Dutch governor Peter Minuit bought it from the Indians in 1626, but Verrazzano had claimed it for France a century earlier, and Portugal had already claimed the Hudson River. Minuit paid the Canarsee Indians, though Manhattan was supposedly controlled by the Wappinger tribe. Yet they weren’t there. The Canarsee were, so they felt entitled to sell it. Various tribes occupied various parts of Manhattan at various times, so who really owned it?
Cruz says it was Lenape territory because they occupied it. But that begs the question, if mere occupation conveys ownership, isn’t it part of the United States today, since that’s who occupies it now? Or does it belong forever to people whose ancestors once did?
Nazis once occupied Germany; Viking raiders occupied England; Mongols occupied China; Visigoths occupied Spain; Soviets held Ukraine. Are their descendants still entitled to those territories? Well no, most people would answer, because those were invaders. But which people weren’t? When the British settled Jamestown, Virginia was Powhatan’s land, because he had conquered and subdued the six earlier tribes.
Utes traditionally occupied much of Colorado, though others were there since the clovis culture and hunter-gatherers who lived 14,000 years ago. Basket makers came around 1500 B.C., Pueblo tribes by 500 B.C. and the Anasazi by 350 B.C. Recent evidence found that cannibalistic raiders swept through Anasazi villages about 1250 A.D., and signs of Anasazi battles have been found. Did they abandon the area because of drought, as has been assumed, or because of pressure from invading tribes? By 1600 the Utes had moved in, displacing earlier inhabitants. Did it thereby become Ute land?
Property ownership is determined by laws of the state we now live in. Our forebears may not have come into possession in ways we’re proud of, but neither did their predecessors. Values, principles and customs evolve with the times, which is why judging people of the past by standards of today is as foolish as conceding that playground bullies own all the marbles.
Greg Walcher is president of the Natural Resources Group and author of “Smoking Them Out: The Theft of the Environment and How to Take it Back.” He is a Western Slope native.
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The plans for the Clifton Community Campus have expanded once again with the addition of a MarillacHealth clinic adjacent to the county’s campus site. This clinic will transform the health of this underserved community and we’re elated by the news that this type of service will be brought to Clifton.
The clinic, which is in its fundraising stage, will cost $12.2 million to construct and will have the ability to expand in the future, according to reporting by The Daily Sentinel’s Charles Ashby.
The need for health services in Clifton is as clear as day.
“The Clifton area of Mesa County is a health care desert, with only one urgent care clinic in the area, which does not offer the sliding-fee discount program for under-or uninsured clients, or the same services Marillac does,” the clinic wrote in its proposal to the Colorado Economic Development Commission to get an enterprise zone designation.
According to Marillac’s own research, “70% of the potential patients in Clifton and Fruitvale are eligible for Medicaid and CHP+ (Child Health Plan Plus), and 16% are uninsured.” It’s a Colorado Medically Underserved Population, a federal Health Professional Shortage Area and has a high rate of substance abuse, according to Marillac’s letter.
Frankly this area has needed a clinic of this type for a long time and we hope they can get this built as soon as possible. Reportedly they are shooting for a 2024 opening date, which would be fantastic.
This clinic, along with the planned clinic, run by Community Hospital, in Palisade will have a major, positive impact on the community. People who can’t afford a car or struggle in other ways to get around won’t have to travel into Grand Junction for care. They’ll be able to find those services in their own community.
We commend the County Commissioners for their leadership here. They reportedly began discussing this idea with Marillac last year and also convinced the library to build its new branch on the campus as well.
The clinic, together with the county’s investment of $16 million for a community hall and early childhood education center and Mesa County Library’s $11.5 million for its new building, brings the total investment in this project to nearly $40 million. That’s incredible.
Some may question whether locating all these services in one spot is wise. Would spreading them out throughout the community be better? We don’t think so.
The power of this project is in developing these in one community space. It will be a central location where you can access a number of services in one trip and give the community its own gathering place.
Our only gripe is that in order to have this clinic with the community campus it would require tearing out an established park. The campus will establish some new green space, but we hate to see this community, which has so few public amenities, lose one of its only neighborhood parks.
We think this clinic is an important piece of the whole project, but we’d like to see that park space replaced with a similar size park in the area. We hope the commissioners make that replacement a priority for the community in which they are investing so much money and energy.
Other than that small asterisk, we love everything about this project and commend the many entities involved. The Clifton community deserves this attention.
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Depravity is contagious
The entire world is witness to Putin’s depravity, to the insane violence of one-man rule. And yet, our own nation is galloping toward autocracy even as we weep and wail in sympathy with the Ukrainian people.
Autocracy happens when the people let an insecure, but wily despot stay in office well past the time he can resist the temptation to grab total power. Putin screeched, scratched and manipulated himself into extending his term of office now to 22 years and beyond.
We have already allowed the Putinization of the Congress. Our own representatives and senators serve for decades, and thus have autocratic power in their districts. One or the other of them will want the whole country next.
We need a constitutional amendment to establish congressional term limits. If we don’t, we will have to trade in our MAGA hats for a single gold crown that only one person can wear.
KIMBALL SHINKOSKEY
Woods Cross, Utah
Boebert’s intemperate conduct doesn’t represent her district
Whenever I read a letter to the editor or an official press release penned by Mesa County Republican Chairperson Kevin McCarney I am shocked but no longer surprised.
In 2020 he viciously disparaged his fellow Mesa County citizens who sought to recall Tina Peters for incompetence that was glaringly obvious during her early days in office. Now he is excusing Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's multiple rabid outbursts during the State of the Union address by suggesting they were grief-induced. My goodness.
All I can say is, McCarney must not follow Lauren Boebert on social media or in the news. Her constituents (and sadly, the entire country), have been subjected to the worst kind of intemperate conduct and verbal extremism imaginable throughout her 14 months in office.
Some of us take that "representation thing" seriously. You see, each day she is in office, Boebert is acting on behalf of over 750,000 citizens (myself included), who make up Colorado's District 3. Her job is to speak well on our behalf, not pitch televised temper tantrums, promote senseless culture wars or throw ugly, racist comments to and fro.
It would be lovely if McCarney would focus his energy on leading others away from the bizarre quagmire of conspiracy thinking that has been landing Mesa County in the national spotlight. I challenge him to do so.
JACQUE DANSBY
Whitewater
When did Americans give up on democracy?
Winston Churchill said it best in my opinion, “Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
Genius, an enlightening man he was. What he was talking about was the world during and right after WWII. When nazis attempted to take over the world with their allies, the Japanese. America sacrificed 291,557 American soldiers, who willingly went to their deaths in their effort to preserve our Democracy.
Sometimes we forget that generation of our grandfathers and grandmothers who lived, loved, had families, during a time of authoritarianism and dictators, and what they were willing to give up for the greater good. I heard the stories told to me by my father, who fought in the Pacific theater of war, on the front lines against the Japanese.
The thing that haunted him most was why he came back alive, when so many of his friends died then. Now, fast forward to now.
Just last year, a small group of Americans, led by the likes of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Robert Eastman, Rudy Giuliani, Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, decided that our democracy was no longer something to die for. Note that after Trump lost his election, not one "patriot" lost their life for their cause. Must not have been that important to them?
Now, Ukraine is experiencing what our fathers and grandfathers experienced fighting off an authoritarian self appointed despot. And in WWII, Russia lost 8.8 million soldiers at the hands of the nazis. Think about that number. What the Russians are experiencing now at the hands of Vladimir Putin, is based on lies, fed to them by a misinformation machine.
The Ukrainians are willing to die for their freedoms, and their country — without a moment's hesitation. What happened to us? When did some Americans decide that democracy was no longer important to us? I miss my father. He would be sick with sadness if he was alive today. The wanna-be despot who lives in Mar Lago had his 5 minutes of relevance and it’s time for him to just go away now. Enough said.
STEVEN FREDERICKS
Grand Junction
Equal justice under the law
Being born and raised in the Grand Valley, I was raised to respect my country, its values to form a more perfect union and to peacefully voice objections when it fell short of those values. I was raised to respect my teachers, law enforcement and that if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. I was raised to believe in a judicial system of “equal justice under the law,” but with all that said, I now believe that I am a “dying breed” of humanity with “outdated” values.
Does this same “equal justice under the law” that Tina Peters and Belinda Knisley received also pertain equally to other individuals who are allegedly charged with a crime? Will their bond amount be reduced to what they can pay, $25 or less, so they too can get out-of-jail?
A year from now, with all of the actual evidence gathered against these two ladies, (lying directly to a judge’s face, felony burglary and so much more) will they get off “scot free” because even though they did the crime, they believe they can’t afford to do the time and thus the court cannot hold them accountable?
What is going to be left of the United States of America, when all of the individuals who have blatantly defied the “rule-of-law” because they believe only that the votes for their approved candidates be counted?
“Equal justice under the law” will it prevail in "truth" in our justice system or was it just a “dream of our Founding Fathers”?
SHERRYL BUCKLEY
Grand Junction
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Intermountain, SCL can be a model for the country
Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health have announced their intent to merge on April 1. I think the merger of these two high-quality nonprofit health care systems will create a model health-oriented organization that provides high-quality, affordable and accessible care to more patients in the western Colorado region.
I was a member of the five-person SCL Health system board subcommittee who, along with SCL Health senior management, met with a similar group from Intermountain to discuss the possibility of a merger and to ultimately negotiate the terms of the merger. Over those several months, it was obvious that Intermountain shares the same values and mission that have guided SCL Health for over 150 years. I fully support this merger because I believe it provides a health care model for the rest of the country and will be of great benefit to our community and region.
As a resident of Grand Junction and a former board chair of the St. Mary’s Medical Center community board of directors, I am confident that the new Intermountain Healthcare will focus on ensuring more accessible and more affordable care in our region while trying to keep people healthy rather than simply treating them when they are sick. As St. Mary’s President Bryan Johnson pointed out in an article printed in this paper, St. Mary’s has demonstrated that their costs are coming down, and I would expect to see that downward trend continue.
Intermountain Healthcare believes the traditional health care system model needs to become more consumer-centric and meet people where they are, as much as possible, when delivering care. One of the things that appealed to me about this merger is Intermountain’s focus on rural communities in our region having greater access to high-level care through such things as affordable telehealth services that will allow more people to stay at home to receive their health care. I believe they are fully committed to providing the resources needed to meet the health care needs of our region.
I look forward to St. Mary’s becoming part of the new Intermountain Healthcare and the many opportunities it will provide to insure that St. Mary’s can continue to meet the needs of the Grand Valley and western Colorado region for another 125 years.
DOUG ADEN
SCL Health board member
Chosen location for Clifton clinic doesn’t make sense
As a Clifton resident that lives next to Rocky Mountain Elementary School, I was interested in what they were planning. I was shocked they are planning to rip out the established park to put the clinic there.
They are putting the library and community hall with access from D 1/2 Road past the school. The clinic says they would have 60 employees and about 200 patients a day with parking coming off of D 3/4 and 32 1/2 Road. There is already heavy traffic from parents coming to drop and pick up students from the school. D 1/2 Road has traffic lights and crosswalks and is set up for heavier traffic patterns. How does it make sense to rip out an established park and put the clinic in an already congested neighborhood when they can put it in the land the county bought to develop?
Logically and financially it would make sense to put the clinic with the most traffic on D 1/2 with access to the library and community hall on the same entrance.
WILLIAM KIRSCH
Clifton
Why take out one of the few parks in Clifton?
I am writing this to ask for help to save our park. I live across from the park and a lot of us use it every day.
I went to a meeting at Rocky Mountain Elementary School and heard from developers who want to build a library and an early childhood center beside Rocky Mountain Elementary School on D 1/2 Road. They also want to rip out our park and put a Marillac clinic there.
32 1/2 Road gets a lot of traffic due to parents picking up their children from school. The developers said the Marillac clinic would employ 60 people and would get 150 to 200 patients per day. This would increase the traffic in our little area 150%. We wouldn’t be able to get in or out of our area.
Behind where they want to put the library is a big open field with nothing in it. It makes more sense to put the Marillac clinic beside the school on D 1/2 road and put the library and early childhood center in the big open field behind the Marillac clinic.
Why take our park? None of us in this area want to lose the only park in Clifton that we have.
DARYLENE IACOVETTO
Clifton
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The Fruita Monument girls soccer team delivered a statement win over Central on Thursday.
The Wildcats beat the Warriors 5-0 under the lights of Community Hospital Unity Field thanks to their speed, intensity and a pair of goals from junior forward Regan Dare.
“I think we played well. Central has been doing good stuff all year,” Fruita coach Ethan Johnson said. “We were talking about playing simple and having intensity. They did that and it looked like they were having a lot of fun.”
The Wildcats (4-1, 1-0 Southwestern League) were aggressive to open the game. They lived near Central’s goal and got off six shots within the first eight minutes. Any time a Central player appeared to be making progress down the field, a Fruita defender would cut them off. Central sophomore Liana Bryant, who has scored seven of Central’s eight goals this season, was routinely double-teamed the second she came close to the Fruita side of the field. Central (2-2, 0-2) didn’t take its first shot until nearly 14 minutes into the game.
The pressure allowed Central goalkeeper Jasmine Hernandez to pull off some impressive saves and the defense to show its strength. But the constant pressure wore down the Warriors’ defense.
Dare’s first goal came on a mid-range shot into the left side of the net to break the scoreless tie.
Kylah Celayeta then padded the Fruita lead to 2-0 with a deep kick that bounced in front of a diving Hernandez and then just over her head 16 minutes later.
Central coach Conor Beach credited the goals to defensive breakdowns instead of Hernandez’s performance. Hernandez, a sophomore, had 24 saves in the game — the Central record is 25.
Fruita has now shut out four of its five opponents and has allowed only two goals all season.
Dare’s second goal early in the second half gave Fruita a 3-0 lead.
“She did a lot of good stuff for us. She runs the flank for us, she’s a very smart player and is a coach’s dream,” Johnson said. “You tell her to do something on the field and she does it. I’m really proud of her and the girls.”
Olivia Stoffel scored a short goal into the right side of the net with 29:28 to go in the game. Amber Rice added the final goal of the game for Fruita.
Beach gave credit to Hernandez for staying on her toes. The Warriors’ talent is clear but so is their inexperience — 13 of their 20 players are underclassmen. Because of that, he thinks that this can be a learning opportunity.
“We didn’t give up and the girls have a ton of heart. This is a good squad and as long as we keep improving, we’ll play better than we did tonight,” Beach said. “We started four freshmen and five sophomores, so this will build them down the road.”
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Don Bavor wasn’t a standout basketball player who made highlight-worthy plays with ease.
“I was just the inbounds guy,” he joked. “I didn’t have the God-given talent, but I had heart and I had hustle and that’s what I coach with.”
That’s the philosophy he’s going to bring as the new head coach of the Palisade High School girls’ basketball team.
The school announced Bavor’s hiring Thursday.
Bavor is the program’s fourth head coach in six seasons and replaces DeAnne Larsen, who the school parted ways with on March 1.
Bavor played high school basketball at Delta High School and attended then-Mesa State College with the goal of being a teacher. He teaches seventh-grade math at Orchard Mesa Middle School and has been there for 23 years.
Bavor has coached other sports such as track, football and volleyball, but basketball is his true passion. He has also coached youth and travel ball for the GJ Blackout. Bavor most recently was an assistant for the Grand Junction High School volleyball team until about four years ago.
“I stepped away so that I could spend more time with my kids, “ he said. “I’m a family man.”
Bavor and his wife, Sandy, have four kids — Kordale and Calvin, both graduate students, and seventh-graders Mady and Jax.
Bavor got the itch to coach again six months ago and decided to apply for the Palisade opening. After touring the school and meeting the players multiple times, he said he knew he made the right decision.
The players’ desire and intensity stuck out to Bavor, and that falls in line with his coaching philosophy.
“I coach with heart, passion and high expectations. I expect progress every single day. And I also want to be there for them. The girls can come to me with anything they have,” Bavor said. “I think players take on the personality of their coaching staff. My approach is being intense, having high energy and competitive practices.”
Bavor will also make his coaching gameplans a community effort and allow his assistants to run various aspects of the team, similar to that of coordinators in football.
His ultimate goal is to build a rock-solid program at Palisade.
“I respect DeAnne and my other predecessors, but if you go to (former) coach (Danielle) Bagwell, she had a strong program there and that’s my philosophy,” Bavor said. “Coach the freshmen, JV and varsity, coach the youth teams and middle schools and find and the kids who want to be Bulldogs.”
Bavor takes over a program that has only one winning season since Bagwell, a perennial winner, left her position in 2018.
The 2021-22 Bulldogs went 5-18, the poorest mark for the team in the MaxPreps era (since 2006). But the group was teeming with potential. The Bulldogs showed considerable growth throughout the season and had only three upperclassmen — two seniors and one junior. Ella Steele, one of the best players on the team, will return next season.
Also coming back are key underclassmen like Kyra Birch, Addie Ritterbush, Chloe Simons and Ember Hopkins, among other players.
Bavor sees the talent in this crop of players and is excited to get to work.
“They were a really young team. And we’re going to continue building on what’s been started,” he said. “My family is so excited, the staff at palisade is excited, the girls are really excited. That’s what it’s all about. I’m a player’s coach.”
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The Fruita Monument baseball team rallied three times in a 15-9 victory Thursday over Mountain Range at Canyon View Park.
After the Mustangs took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, the Wildcats (6-3) scored three runs of their own to tie the game 3-3. Peyton Nessler led off with a single and scored on Hunter Smolinski’s RBI double. Smolinski scored on an error and Andrew Lee, who reached on the error, tied the game on Dylan Noah’s RBI double.
Mountain Range (3-2) scored five runs over the next three innings to take an 8-3 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth inning.
Lee got Fruita’s rally started with a leadoff triple. Noah had another RBI double and he scored on a passed ball. After Rylan McDaniel singled, Keenan Oxford hit an inside-the-park home run to pull the Wildcats within 8-7. Logan Cardoza followed with a double and Lucas Weaver singled. A passed ball with the bases loaded allowed Cardoza to score and Weaver to move to third, where he scored on another passed ball to put Fruita in front.
The Wildcats’ offense kept surging after the Mustangs tied the game 9-9 in the top of the sixth. A hit batter, a single and a bunt single loaded the bases for Cardoza, who put Fruita ahead for good with a two-run double. Another passed ball allowed Weaver to score and Kolton Hicks hit an RBI single for a 13-9 lead. Lee put the finishing touch on the Wildcats’ second straight six-run inning with a two-run triple.
Fruita pounded out 17 hits in the win, including eight for extra bases. Smolinski and McDaniel both had three hits and Noah, Cardoza and Lee all had two hits — all extra-base hits. Weaver also had two hits. Ryder Willford got the win for the Wildcats, allowing three runs, one earned, on three hits to go along with four strikeouts and two walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Boys Lacrosse
Defense carried Fruita Monument to a 5-4 overtime victory over Telluride at Canyon View.
Goaltender Ross Winters made 15 saves to lead the defensive effort by the Wildcats (4-0) and Jonathan Diedrich scored the winning goal in overtime.
Karter Harmon scored two goals, Branson Padgett had one goal and one assist, Tyler Draper scored one goal and Diedrich added an assist.
Girls Lacrosse
Grand Junction had to work overtime to get its first win of the season, a 13-12 victory over Telluride at Canyon View Park.
The Tigers (1-5) were a man down to start overtime, but a great save by goaltender Teagan Wilkins kept the game tied. Caitlyn Wesolowski then scored the winning goal once the penalty ended.
Wesolowski finished with four goals and two assists and Myka Neville had six goals and one assist. Zenobia Byerly and Riley Pope both scored one goal and Amelia Knaysi had one goal and one assist.
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After a week off, it took the Colorado Mesa baseball team a few innings to get going Friday, but behind a three-hit game from Jordan Stubbings and another solid pitching performance from Kannon Handy, the No. 9 Mavericks claimed an 8-1 victory over Regis.
Playing in Alamosa as part of the RMAC “pod” weekend, the Mavericks (19-6, 9-3 RMAC) gave up one run in the third inning on a double steal, but responded with a pair of runs in the fourth. After Haydn McGeary walked, Conrad Villafuerte doubled and Stubbings grounded out to second, getting McGeary home with the tying run. Harrison Rodgers drove in Villafuerte with a base hit up the middle.
In the fifth, Chase Hamilton led off with a double and took third on an infield chop single by Johnny Carr. Matthew Turner’s squeeze bunt got Hamilton home for a 3-1 lead. Stubbings doubled in the sixth, moving Villafuerte, who had singled, to third, and a groundout by Rodgers got the Mavs’ fourth run home. With two out, Stubbings scored on a balk for a 5-1 lead. He led off the eighth inning with a home run, and a balk and a wild pitch got two more insurance runs home.
Handy (5-1) allowed only the one run on five hits through six innings. He walked two and struck out five. Gage Edwards picked up a three-inning save, allowing three hits and striking out four.
Track & Field
Justin Thompson fouled on four of his six attempts in the finals of the long jump, but the two he landed were more than enough to win, with his final attempt going 23 feet, 10.25 inches, nearly a full foot ahead of the field, in the Maverick Classic at the CMU track.
Gunner Rigsby, competing unattached, was third in the long jump at 22-7. Dallas Davis was fourth in the javelin with a best throw of 168 feet.
Shaya Chenoweth won the women’s long jump with a best leap of 18-11.75, more than a foot better than runner-up Dani Socarras of Western Colorado. Mica Jenrette placed second in the women’s javelin, throwing 108 feet, 6 inches and Heather Yackey placed third in the discus at 134-2.
Lindsay Parsons was fourth in the women’s 10,000 meters in 36 minutes, 41.46 seconds.
The remaining field events begin at 10 this morning, with running events starting at 10:30 a.m. The meet is open to the public, but fans should bring their own chairs — there are no stands at the on-campus track.
Beach Volleyball
Tye Wedhorn and Sabrina VanDeList secured Colorado Mesa’s 3-2 victory over the University of Oregon with a 23-21, 21-13 victory in the No. 5 doubles match in the Boise State Beach Classic.
That came on the heels of Jada Hall and Jessa Megenhardt’s 21-17, 21-17 victory at No. 3, which tied the dual at 2-2. Ara Norwood and Sierra Hunt, playing No. 4, put the Mavericks on the board with a 21-18, 18-21, 17-15 victory at No. 4.
The Mavericks lost 3-2 to the University of Washington in their second dual of the day.
Women’s Lacrosse
In their fifth straight game against ranked opponents, the Mavericks fell to No. 7 Regis 17-10 in Denver.
The Mavericks (4-4, 2-1 RMAC) fell behind early, with Regis scoring four goals in the first quarter and five more in the second to take a 9-3 halftime lead.
Ali Bryant, Melanie Evans, Kiley Davis and Caroline Ohngemach each scored two goals for CMU, but Kyleigh Peoples scored five for the Rangers (8-0, 3-0) and Alexis Parker had four more.
Women’s Golf
Elly Walters was 2-under after nine holes, but went 4-over on the back nine in the first round of the Palm Valley Classic in Goodyear, Arizona, and is tied for 18th at 74 heading into today’s final round.
The Mavericks are tied for 22nd with a first-round 318.
Tennis
Metro State beat CMU 6-1 in the men’s dual and 4-3 in the women’s dual in Denver.
The women won three singles matches, with Maike Waldburger rallying for a three-set victory at No. 3, Macy Richards winning in straight sets at No. 5 and Julianna Campos coming back for a 2-6, 6-2, 10-7 victory at No. 6.
The men’s team won the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3, but the Roadrunners won five of the six singles matches in straight sets for the victory.
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MONTROSE — Although the airport terminal expansion is not yet complete, passenger traffic through Montrose Regional Airport is already hitting record highs.
In December 2021, 32,647 passengers disembarked at the airport, setting a new monthly record that is approximately 19,000 more travelers than in December 2020.
The first two months of 2022 also set new records, with more than 61,000 passengers coming through the airport.
The ongoing terminal expansion project, which started last fall, will benefit the region, said Director of Aviation Lloyd Arnold.
“(The terminal expansion) will provide a facility that is easier to transition through and ultimately provide more service for the Western Slope of Colorado,” Arnold said.
Expanding the terminal will also improve the passenger experience. The north addition of the expansion is slated to be complete by Dec. 1, in time for the busy holiday season.
The northern part of the terminal expansion is two stories high and includes two additional restaurant spaces, a bar area and a new baggage claim area.
Also, according to the renderings, an outdoor courtyard and fireplace will be added to the outside area for passengers waiting for pickup.
The second phase of the terminal expansion on the south side is estimated to be complete by October 2023. Most of this part of the expansion will be for airlines, including additional counter space.
Renovations are still running on time, Arnold said.
An expansion of overflow parking, which started last year, is also partly completed: cars have been able to park on an unpaved surface during the winter travel season.
The parking lot will be made permanent with 570 paved parking spaces: Construction will start on April 18, Arnold said, and should be completed by June.
Historically, passenger traffic peaks in the winter months at the height of ski season, then slows in April before rebounding in the summer months. Traffic tends to slow down slightly in the fall before picking up again in December.
Travel through Montrose Regional Airport tanked during the pandemic — in April 2020, only 133 passengers came in — but rebounded faster than many other airports around the country.
Smaller airports in destination areas close to outdoor recreation, such as Montrose, Steamboat Springs, Jackson and Sarasota, tended to grow faster in the winter months of 2021 compared to previous years.
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With the only pain clinic on the Western Slope that prescribes narcotics for chronic pain set to close April 8, many of its patients are scrambling to find alternatives for care.
William James, the president of DECA Health, the owner of Colorado Injury & Pain Specialists, said that he’s been working with other local pain clinics to transition patients’ care. Among those James has been collaborating with is Kenneth Lewis, MD, the CEO and president of Western Rockies Interventional Pain Specialists in Fruita, who has been treating chronic pain patients in the Grand Valley since 2004. The pain clinic is affiliated with Family Health West, as its procedures are done at the hospital.
However, patients switching over to Lewis’ care will lose access to narcotic treatment in favor of alternatives that he feels can be similarly effective — if not more so. Lewis told The Daily Sentinel that the primary focus at his clinic is identifying the source of chronic pain and implementing procedures afforded by modern technology in lieu of prescriptions to heavy medication.
“Most people in the medical field now understand that it’s a complete disaster to continue to manage them with only narcotics,” Lewis said. “Your body builds new receptors on the narcotic pain-affected cells, and after a while, the narcotics don’t do much, so you increase the dosage and increase it again.”
Lewis said that Western Rockies Interventional Pain Specialists offers non-invasive needle-based procedures that can significantly decrease — and sometimes eliminate entirely — chronic pain.
A proper diagnosis can make all the difference in the world for someone suffering daily pain, Lewis said.
“I’ve had patients who have been sent to me where the diagnosis was assumed to be chronic lower-spine pain, only to find out that the pain is coming from their sacroiliac joints in their pelvis, which is difficult to diagnose,” he said. “It requires a very specific X-ray-proven exam, but then, we have a number of procedures that can, with just needles, turn that pain off for years at a time.”
Among the “dozens” of procedures Lewis described that can identify sources of pain and potentially provide long-term relief are sacroiliac joint fusions, intracept procedures and radiofrequency ablasion neurotomies.
“The advancements in the 18 years I’ve been doing this have just been profound,” Lewis said.
“The key here is that if a patient has chronic pain and they’re on narcotics, the gold standard of treatment of choice now is to try as much as possible to identify the actual specific pain generator and attempt as much as possible to turn that generator off vs. giving someone escalating doses of narcotics, which have been routinely involved in ruining people’s lives,” Lewis said.
Lewis said some patients may not be aware of all the options they have, and to help with that, he’s been working with insurance providers and primary care doctors — specifically citing Rocky Mountain Health Plans— to get an idea of what chronic pain sufferers might need, and what other options they might have.
America’s ongoing opioid crisis is why pain clinics outside of CIPS have chosen not to prescribe narcotics for people suffering from chronic pain, and why Lewis is adamant that narcotics are not the way forward for the majority of those people.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 75,673 deaths from opioids in the U.S. between April 2020 and April 2021. By comparison, 58,220 Americans died during the entirety of the Vietnam War.
“The answer here is not to find some more doctors who can simply give these patients narcotics again,” Lewis said. “It’s to find a more sound gold standard scientific process to find and turn off their actual pain generators and we do that.”
Mike Kansgen can attest to the effectiveness of a non-invasive procedure providing relief. He was diagnosed with Chronic Inflammtory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), a condition that causes severe pain as the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers is damaged and eventually ceases to provide nerve protection, about 14 years ago.
For about 11 years, he relied on powerful pain medications to help with the constant pain in his lower legs and hands.
Finally, in 2019, he made the “life-changing” decision to opt for a more in-depth examination of his condition. He received a spinal cord stimulator that provides electric stimulation to the spine, preventing his body from recognizing the constant pain and replacing that pain with a “buzzing sensation.”
“After I recovered from that procedure, I was able to remove the powerful pain medications from my life nearly completely,” Kansgen said. “Over time, I gained my life back and I was able to function without the constant haze of medication. Currently, I have a prescription for a much less dangerous pain medication with nearly no side effects, and while my pain is not gone completely, the spinal cord stimulator reduced the pain so much that I could function and enjoy life again.
“I hope a solution like this can help other people be freed from heavy pain medication and just as importantly from constant pain.”
Grand Junction’s Jerry Brabec suffered from “extremely painful” back pain, which his back surgeon examined and could not recommend any surgeries to help. Brabec then turned to Lewis, who recommended a procedure that he referred to as a “nerve burn.”
“This was such a relief on my back,” Brabec said. “He also did a new procedure that was a ‘pelvic fuse’ which relieved my leg pain. I can’t begin to describe how much better I felt... I can walk again freely without the pain I experienced before.”
Even one of the physical therapists in the Grand Valley knows first-hand how effective Lewis’ treatment can be.
Ellen Mead has had a pain management practice for 30 years, including 24 in Grand Junction. She was hired to be a member of a group of medical professionals who were doing research and development of education on pain attended by numerous disciplines. That group was able to educate patients and physicians about the latest treatment for pain issues with the goal to finding effective opportunities to help people with pain issues.
“I met Dr. Lewis and was able to learn about the interventional medicine and how injections, physical exams, education and the advancement of injections help to identify specifically what pain generators were at work to cause people to seek treatment,” Mead said. “It seemed that we needed to get the education out to patients so they understood that narcotic medication is absolutely not the best treatment for pain and can add to patients’ problems with their pain. Dr. Lewis became my go-to as he has been an amazing physician with knowledge of many procedures that are often permanent solutions to a pain problem.”
Lewis truly became her go-to a little over a month ago when she had her own pain issue and wanted to avoid medication and surgery. After Lewis and Physician Ellen Price diagnosed her pain as a lower-back issue, an injection and acupuncture provided immediate and significant relief.
“I can walk my dog,” Mead exclaimed. “Please know that pain changes your life when you’re not able to function properly, and I didn’t want to be on medication that was temporary in relief and risky for my health. I thank God that there are opportunities for successful relief and for physicians like Dr. Lewis that have jumped in the deep end to learn techniques for low back, neck, shoulders, hips that can be what people may miss if they don’t know this high level of care is available.”
The biggest challenge facing Western Rockies Interventional Pain Specialists and other pain clinics that take over the care of CIPS patients on narcotics prescriptions will be finding these patients a smooth path forward while deemphasizing narcotics for the patients for whom that’s a possibility.
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The person who co-founded of the Hutchins Water Center at Colorado Mesa University more than a decade ago and has been directing its efforts to help steer the region through increasingly challenging times for the Colorado River watershed has left the center, but not the world of water policy.
Hannah Holm’s last day as the center’s director and coordinator was Friday. She will remain in Grand Junction, where she will serve as associate director for policy for the Southwest Program of the American Rivers conservation organization, focusing on the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers.
“I’ll probably still go to a lot of the same meetings and just have a different role there,” Holm said.
The water center seeks to perform and facilitate research, education, outreach and dialogue to address water issues facing the Upper Colorado River Basin. CMU is currently considering its future plans for the center in light of Holm’s departure.
Holm said working at the center “really gave me a fantastic opportunity to learn about issues on the Colorado River and bring a bunch of other people along with me.”
“What I’m really proud of is I feel like we created an atmosphere for people with all different kinds of priorities related to water and the river to come together and learn together in a safe, not polarizing environment, not shying away from difficult issues but keeping a pretty respectful atmosphere,” she said. “I feel that that worked for the most part.”
Holm is from western Washington state, where she said too much water in the wrong places and flooding were big issues, rather than the concerns in the Southwest predominantly about water scarcity. She said she moved to Mesa County around 2006 with her husband, David Collins, who is a physics professor at CMU.
Holm was running the Mesa County Water Association, a water education nonprofit, when discussions between the association and CMU led to the association essentially being moved on campus through the creation of the center, she said. Gigi Richard, at the time a CMU professor and now director of the Four Corners Water Center at Fort Lewis College, co-founded the center with Holm. It is named in honor of the late Ruth Powell Hutchins, a local farmer and water activist who had helped found the Mesa County Water Association.
Joel Sholtes, an instructor for the CMU/University of Colorado Engineering Partnership, has been involved with the center, including serving as a prepublication reviewer of a new report Holm wrote about local water workforce skill and knowledge needs and the degree to which CMU’s educational offerings align with those needs or can be improved. He’s currently the center’s primary contact with Holm’s departure, and said the center has served an important role in the Western Slope water user community, connecting academics, practitioners and managers, doing studies and supporting water management.
“I’m excited for that mission to continue. What that looks like, we’re not sure yet. We’ll be meeting with the administration to discuss that,” Sholtes said.
He said he’s hoping the center will end up with a new director supported by the university. Holm said she will be part of an April 15 CMU meeting on the center’s future.
Sholtes said work already is going on to keep a few critical projects going. This includes issuing essentially a request for proposal to have someone take on the task of organizing the annual Upper Colorado River Basin Water Forum that Holm long had put together. The next one is in November.
“We’ve got to make it happen,” Sholtes said.
Holm thinks that through efforts like the forum, the center has helped people with different priorities related to water gain more appreciation for each other’s perspective, so that, for example, people mostly focused on the environment think more about agriculture, and vice versa.
“We also made sure to bring folks over from the Front Range and have them talk to us, and people from the Lower Basin, at the Upper Basin forum,” Holm said.
“And we never heckled them out of the room,” she added with a chuckle.
Holm’s job change is coming as the Upper and Lower basins are increasingly grappling with extended drought and climate-driven aridification that have left storage in major reservoirs like Lake Powell perilously low and jeopardized agricultural and municipal water use. In her new role, she expects to be involved as representatives of some other conservation groups are in figuring out how to address resilience for communities and the rivers themselves.
She’ll participate in identifying and advocating for policies for managing less water and sharing it among different users, while ensuring the rivers themselves aren’t left out of the water supply discussion. She also expects to work on projects involving things such as upgrading water infrastructure and restoring headwaters to benefit both rivers and river users.
“I’m hoping the overall Colorado River community knows each other well enough and is well enough informed they can take the actions necessary to basically keep the system from crashing,” she said.
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Katharine Smushkov had a love of science instilled in her as a child in her home nation of Chile.
When she was five years old, her father bought her Icarito Science magazines each month. She spent many summer nights at Rapel Lake gazing at the stars. She still has vivid memories of watching Halley’s Comet soar through the sky in 1986.
Smushkov’s love for science grew over time. Since becoming a first-grade teacher at Dual Immersion Academy in Grand Junction, she’s helped the school expand its STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) teachings and programs for students.
That dedication to STEM and her students is why she’s one of a select group of teachers from around the world that will attend the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs next week from April 4-7.
The Space Foundation’s International Liaison program provides a group of more than 300 educators from around the world with training, strategies and resources to help them bring more engaging lessons about space into their classrooms. Smushkov applied for the program and received word in February that she was among the lucky winners.
“We’re going to have a night that I will meet different astronauts from all around the world,” Smushkov said. “They’re going to teach us different activities and projects that we can do with the students. I was a little fearful at first because, well, I’m a first-grade teacher and what we teach is very simple, like patterns in the sky, the Earth, the changing of the seasons, day and night, but (the liaison program) felt that was amazing.”
Dual Immersion Academy’s scientific curriculum is unique among District 51 schools as being the only one in which science is taught in Spanish.
Smushkov’s goal is to encourage Latino girls to explore STEM activities and choose careers in science to become leaders for future generations while serving as examples of increasing diversity in STEM fields. She’s hopeful that her trip to the Space Symposium will further inspire her students.
“Students are making amazing connections transferring information from one language to another,” Smushkov said. “Latino girls, we can do it. The first time I heard the word ‘STEM’, it’s huge, and you think, ‘Oh, maybe I won’t be able to do it because I’m a girl,’ but (you can succeed) if you have perseverance and you try hard and you keep trying and you go to different places, like, for example, Eureka! at (Colorado Mesa University), where they offer a lot of science activities and I’ve seen a lot of my first-graders go in there on Fridays or during the summertime, and they get so excited.”
She said she teaches multiple classes in addition to science classes, but her students tend to perform best in STEM-related activities, implementing cooperation and critical thinking. Smushkov credits her and the school’s efforts to expand on STEM activities for that.
In 2014, Smushkov helped launch STEM Fridays at the school, in which entities like the Bureau of Land Management or CMU would visit the school to discuss scientific topics with students in fun ways. One time, a CMU professor brought a snake to the school for the students to (safely) pet. These Friday activities only lasted that school year because of the school’s finances.
Additionally, Smushkov oversees Dual Immersion Academy’s LEGO League team, which will be part of the LEGO League Explore Festival at Mesa View Elementary School today.
“I cannot forget a few years ago when we watched the solar eclipse with all my first-graders,” she said. “We had special glasses and took turns. It was the most amazing event as a teacher. The students talked about it for weeks. One of the science units I teach is called patterns in the sky. The students were very enthusiastic about it and wanted to learn more.”
Smushkov isn’t entirely sure what kind of experience to expect at the Space Symposium, but she does know that when she heads to Colorado Springs, the pride of her students will be with her.
“I’m excited for her. She’s really nice,” said Dual Immersion first-grader AJ Sanchez. “She’s the best teacher in the world.”
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For the Record: April 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print birthsDelta HealthGerardo Grajeda and Jessica Lopez, Delta, a daughter, March 23.Bryan and Cheyenne Cook, Delta, a daughter, March 24.Zach Foster and McKayla Meyer, Orchard City, a daughter, March 24.marriagesClarissa Jean Vazquez and Jessup Steele Graham, March 21.Katrina Maria Zastrow and Brian Christian O’Connor, March 18.Charles Vincent Julian Jr. and Jackie Lee Leyba, March 20.Pete John John Nuncio and Karenza Dee Darnell, Feb. 22.Meghan Dawn Wedel and Curtis Henry Bushta, March 18.Rebecca Joanne McVay and Richmond Yeboah, March 19.Madalyn Rose Baker and W. Patrick Thomas Bennett Vigil, March 21.Colton Logan Shambaugh and Caitlyn Nicole Cromer, March 19.Bridget Bryne Dusza and Salina Reyna Marquez, March 22.Diana Vera Aquino and Cesar Raphael Reyes, March 23.Britnay Shay Kelly and David Aaron Crockett, March 24.Robert Lynn Costello III and April Tenille Campbell, March 24.David Giles Firmin and Christine Gal, March 24.Derek Preston Paiz and Brittan Shea Soderquist, March 24.Curtis Allen Richards and Melissa Anne Venzke, March 25.Anagely Cota Miranda and Jesus Alberto Cota Orduno, March 25.Shawna Marie Rose and William Wayne Widener, March 25.Nathan Scott Watchman and Kyann Jo Plandel, March 25.Jennifer Gabriela Herrera and Oscar Tovar-Guzman, March 25.Daniel Omar Mendez Franco and Kimberlyn Arroyos Romero, March 25.Crystal Virginia Chapa and Alejandra Iliana Sabaleta Videla, March 25. Facebook Twitter Email Print Tags Virginia Chapa Kimberlyn Arroyos Romero Jennifer Gabriela Herrera Oscar Tovar-guzman Delta Daniel Omar Mendez William Wayne Widener Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Fri 1% 38° 63° Fri Friday 63°/38° Clear. Lows overnight in the upper 30s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:58:30 AM Sunset: 07:38:21 PM Humidity: 52% Wind: ESE @ 11 mph UV Index: 0 Low Friday Night Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Sat 1% 46° 70° Sat Saturday 70°/46° More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:56:55 AM Sunset: 07:39:19 PM Humidity: 28% Wind: SW @ 12 mph UV Index: 6 High Saturday Night Overcast. Low 46F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Sun 39% 40° 63° Sun Sunday 63°/40° Morning showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Chance of Rain: 39% Sunrise: 06:55:20 AM Sunset: 07:40:17 PM Humidity: 40% Wind: NE @ 10 mph UV Index: 4 Moderate Sunday Night Cloudy. Low around 40F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 3% 45° 67° Mon Monday 67°/45° Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 3% Sunrise: 06:53:46 AM Sunset: 07:41:15 PM Humidity: 36% Wind: WSW @ 17 mph UV Index: 6 High Monday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low near 45F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Tue 9% 33° 64° Tue Tuesday 64°/33° Windy with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 9% Sunrise: 06:52:12 AM Sunset: 07:42:13 PM Humidity: 29% Wind: W @ 22 mph UV Index: 6 High Tuesday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 33F. N winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Wed 0% 31° 55° Wed Wednesday 55°/31° Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:50:39 AM Sunset: 07:43:11 PM Humidity: 23% Wind: N @ 12 mph UV Index: 7 High Wednesday Night Clear skies. Low 31F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 0% 36° 62° Thu Thursday 62°/36° Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:49:06 AM Sunset: 07:44:09 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: NE @ 7 mph UV Index: 7 High Thursday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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The National Forest Service announced Thursday it has finalized internal guidance on how e-bike usage is to be managed on national forests and grasslands.
Currently, e-bikes are allowed on all Forest Service-managed trails that allow motorized use. That’s about 38% of all Forest Service-managed trails, and about 50% of trails in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests.
The Forest Service gives local offices control over expanding e-bike access beyond those trails.
If a local forest service office does want to add e-bike use to non-motorized trails, it will have to go through a environmental analysis and public engagement process just like any other project.
“National forests and grasslands are a place for all people to recreate, relax and refresh,” said Forest Service Chief Randy Moore in a press release. “The additional guidance will help our district rangers and forest supervisors better serve their communities with a policy that allows managers to make locally based decisions to address e-bike use. This growing recreational activity is another opportunity to responsibly share the experience of the outdoors with other recreationists.”
For now, there are no plans to add e-bike use to non-motorized trails in the GMUG National Forests, GMUG National Forests Public Affairs Officer Kimberlee Phillips said.
Phillips said Thursday’s announcement served more to reiterate the systems the service has in place.
“It’s pretty much clarifying what we already had,” Phillips said.
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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has disabled her StandWithTina.org legal defense fund website, and appears to be referring donors to a similar site run by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
That legal defense fund is the subject of a Colorado Independent Ethics Commission investigation and part of a campaign finance lawsuit filed against Peters by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
Both question the legality of accepting money without reporting it to the public.
The disabled website was first reported by 9News in Denver, which also reported that Lindell confirmed he is contributing to Peters’ legal defense and helping to accept donations for it, but on a new website based in Wisconsin.
While the legal fund website no longer exists, Peters continues to maintain a “Tina Peters Legal Defense Fund” page on Facebook, an effort she calls a nonprofit organization. That site, however, includes no direct link to donate money.
No records can be found showing the organization as a nonprofit on the state’s database for charitable organizations. A group called Committee to Elect Tina Peters, however, is registered on the state’s business database as a limited liability company. Her registered agent for that LLC is Garfield County resident Sherronna Bishop, a Peters confidant and fellow believer that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
That’s the same name Peters uses as her campaign finance account in her bid for Colorado secretary of state.
It is unknown how the disabling of Peters’ legal fund will impact her ethics investigation. A second investigation by the commission looking into allegations that she has accepted gifts in excess of state limits was suspended pending her indictments by a Mesa County grand jury.
Currently, Peters and Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley are the subjects of a 13-count indictment on tampering with election equipment and official misconduct. Her bond in that case prevents her from going into the clerk’s office, or having any contact with clerk employees.
Meanwhile, Peters has been traveling around the state as part of her secretary of state campaign talking about the charges against her, and drumming up support for her bid for the GOP nomination for that job.
Peters also faces a contempt-of-court citation, two misdemeanor charges for obstruction, and is the subject of another civil lawsuit seeking to remove her permanently as the county’s designated election official. She lost a similar lawsuit last fall that temporarily removed her as the county’s election head for the 2021 Coordinated Elections.
At a event in Basalt on Thursday, Peters said she likely would be a party in another legal action that she said Lindell intends to file against Secretary of State Jena Griswold in an attempt to show election fraud in the state.
Peters recently dismissed a lawsuit against Mesa County that alleged commissioners have intentionally worked to stymie her work as clerk, promising to refile that case in Denver District Court.
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Harry Sherrill walks Friday along the Riverfront Trail past murals painted by local artists as a part of the city of Grand Junction’s Art on the Riverfront Trail program.
The Art on the Riverfront Trail (ART) program is returning. The biannual art project is a mural program focused on improving the artistic experience for users of the trail, a city of Grand Junction news release said.
This program is spearheaded by the Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture and the Riverfront Commission with a valleywide coalition of partners, including the Grand Junction Police Department, Public Works, Community Development, Parks and Recreation Departments, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Mesa County Health Department, Super Rad Art Jam, Urban Trails Committee and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
The program was formed to use art projects at underpasses along the Riverfront Trail and turn them into vibrant and colorful artistic expressions. The murals will change annually or biannually, bringing new and fresh designs to the Riverfront Trail.
“Through ART, we will expand our rich artistic community by providing spaces to nurture budding artists and create a more vibrant environment,” the release said.
Organizers and sponsors of the program have identified five areas along the Riverfront Trail with 12 different locations for murals.
Sites that will be subject to a vetting process are:
n Redlands Parkway underpass
n Lower No Thoroughfare underpass
n Colorado Highway 340 – Riverside underpass
n U. S. Highway 50 – Fifth Street Bridge underpass
Artists will need to apply, and each chosen artist will receive a $1,000 stipend for their project.
The application and information are posted at www.gjcity.org/169/Call-for-Artists. The ART committee has chosen Sept. 17 as the date that the program and painting will begin at each location.
ART is expected to positively impact tourism and economic development by creating a more desirable experience along the Riverfront Trail. Creating a lively environment draws people to the area and positively impacts the surrounding businesses, the release said.
For information, email Marlene Godsey, recreation coordinator, at marleneg@gjcity.org.
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2020 Grand Junction High School graduate Carissa Hope Crawford was named to the fall 2021 semester dean’s list at Colorado Mesa University.
Reganne McIntire of Cedaredge and Rebeka Scheiderer of Hotchkiss were named to the fall 2021 dean’s list at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska.
3rd CD congressional art contest
Rep. Lauren Boebert invites students in ninth through 12th grade to submit artworks to the 2022 Congressional Art Competition.
The winning artist will receive round trip tickets to attend a national reception in Washington, D.C., where their artwork will be on display for one year in the U.S. Capitol.
Any high school student in Colorado’s Third Congressional District can submit. Students must mail or deliver their artwork to their respective Third Congressional District Regional Office by April 27. The Grand Junction Regional Office includes schools in Mesa, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, Gunnison, Pitkin, Lake, Eagle, Jackson, Routt, Garfield, Rio Blanco, and Moffat counties.
The Hi Fives Robotics Team 4944 is headed to the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Championship, taking place April 20–23, in Houston, Texas.
The team competed against 40 other teams last month to win the Denver Regional and qualify for the international championship.
The local robotics team designs, builds, and codes robots for FIRST Robotics competitions. The Hi Fives name originates from team members coming from the five largest high schools in District 51 — Central, Fruita Monument, Grand Junction, Palisade, and R-5.
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A pair of Fruita Monument runners stole the show at the Mickey Dunn Invitational at Stocker Stadium on Friday — Ella Unrein and Lauren Geer.
Geer, a junior, won the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 25.64 seconds — a full seven seconds ahead of the pack.
“I said to my coach before the race that I was going to set a personal record and told myself that I was going to,” Geer said. “I started pretty quick and told myself that I had to maintain that. It was actually pretty easy to keep my mind clear while running and not having to chase anyone.”
Geer also set a personal record in the 1,600 with a 5:41.07 mark and helped the 4x400 team finish second in 4:21.77.
She wasn’t the only Wildcat to impress Friday.
Unrein loves to compete.
The Fruita Monument sophomore thrives off the thrill of outrunning someone for first place. Even when she was younger, she would always look to race people.
That made the end of the 2021 cross country season all the more frustrating.
“I broke my foot in cross country so I’m still trying to get back to my old self. I was in a boot for about six to eight weeks,” she said. “But I’ve surprised myself this season. I’m sometimes hard on myself because I expect to be faster, but I’m doing well … I really learned that I can’t overdo it and my body needs a rest sometimes.”
Unrein’s mother introduced her to track and cross country. She enjoyed the sports so much that she dropped soccer to be full-time runner.
She competed well as a freshman individually but missed out on state because fewer athletes qualified because of COVID-19 precautions. She did finish seventh at state as a member of Fruita’s 4x800 relay team.
Unrein wanted to improve on her first season and the injury appeared to be a setback.
Freshly out of the boot, Unrein hasn’t missed a beat this season — although she says she still doesn’t feel 100 percent.
“I kind of surprised myself that I came back so fast, but I worked really hard,” Unrein said. “I did a lot of biking to get ready again but I had to ease into it.”
Unrein continued her growth at the Mickey Dunn Invitational by winning the 1,600 in 5:30.62. She was nearly a minute ahead of the next finisher.
She also was the anchor on the winning 800 medley team with Kindal Ferrans, Lilla Kinnick and Navaya Steele.
Unrein is still feeling some discomfort in her foot, and she believes the state has yet to see her at full strength.
“It was hard for her to not run. Plus being in the boot was hard because Ella wants to compete, she has tremendous drive. I knew she would come back completely motivated,” said Jay Valentine, Fruita’s distance coach. “Everything up to this point has been hard work. I knew she’d be where she is at because of how hard she works. It’s not surprising to see her come back, and she’s only going to get faster.”
District 51 Winners
Grand Junction’s girls team claimed five first-place finishes — three from Amelia Moore.
The senior won the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 1.25 inches, a top-10 mark in the state and nearly two feet farther than the second-place finisher. Moore also won the 100 hurdles in 16.33 and the 300 hurdles in 48.59, both of which are top-25 state times.
Lily Lofland won the discus with a throw of 106-3 and Sailer Warinner won the shot put with a distance of 32-11.75.
Palisade also won a couple of events. Ella Yanowich won the triple jump with a leap of 32-11.75. The Bulldogs’ 4x100 relay team (Yanowich, Kyra Birch, Braeleigh MacAskill and Gabrielle Horton) won in 52.50.
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Ryder Mancuso pitched four no-hit innings Friday as Palisade beat Evergreen 5-3 for its seventh straight win.
As Mancuso was throwing yet another gem, the Bulldogs’ offense was providing just enough run support.
Melacio Perez doubled to open the bottom of the third inning, which set up a two-run home run from Brett Rozman. Rozman has hit a team-high four home runs this season.
The Bulldogs (8-1) scored one run in the fifth and added two more in the sixth.
Braden Blanck scored from third on a passed ball and Rozman advanced to third base on the same pitch. Aidan Bevan then grounded into a fielder’s choice that allowed Rozman to score.
Evergreen (3-2) nearly made a comeback, though. In the top of the seventh inning, a bases-loaded walk and a two-run error with one out pulled the Cougars within 5-3 before the Bulldogs got the final two outs.
Mancuso earned the win by striking out 11 batters in 6⅓ innings, allowing one single hit, two earned runs and walking five.
Horizon 13, Central 2: The Hawks ran away with the game not long after the first pitch.
Horizon scored eight runs in the top half of the first inning. Central (5-5) did its best to answer but only mustered two runs in the first two innings.
Luke Brown and Rylan Nostrand both scored for the Warriors, and Alex Taylor had the team’s lone RBI on a triple.
All but one Horizon (4-1) batter with an at-bat registered a hit, and seven had multiple hits.
Joe Vigil took the loss after striking out four batters, walking one and allowing eight earned runs on 14 hits in 5⅔ innings. Horizon’s Cole Toureau struck out 12 in five innings to get the win.
Fossil Ridge 12, Grand Junction 2: The Tigers (3-7) couldn’t overcome a sluggish start on offense in a five-inning loss to the Sabercats.
The Grand Junction lineup was headlined by Will Applegate, who was 2 for 2, including a double, and scored one run. Two other Tigers notched hits and Caleb Olson also scored.
Fossil Ridge (4-3) had six of its batters notch a hit.
Applegate took the loss, allowing two earned runs in one-third of an inning of work. Tyler Kubat earned the win for pitching five innings, allowing no earned runs and four hits while striking out four batters.
Boys Lacrosse
Fruita Monument held Durango scoreless in the first half and cruised to a 17-8 win at Canyon View Park to remain undefeated.
The Wildcats (5-0, 3-0 Southwestern League) led 10-0 at halftime with seven different players contributing to the cause. Tony Farber stole the show for Fruita and scored seven goals in the game. He now has 16 goals in only four games played this season.
Mason Compton, Kaison Stegelmeier and Anders Storheim all scored two goals and Stegelmeier led the team with three assists. Goaltender Ross Winters had five saves.
Girls Lacrosse
Fruita Monument was down early and didn’t take its first shot until 2:47 into the second quarter in a 15-1 loss to Fairview (1-2). Kendall Roehm scored the only goal of the game for the Wildcats (1-2) with 13:52 left in the game.
Girls Soccer
Grand Junction (1-4, 0-1) opened Southwestern League play with a tough 6-0 loss at Durango (6-0, 2-0).
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Julio Rodriguez is all about patience.
He taught himself how to play guitar by watching YouTube videos, and relishes how much attention to detail it takes to give a good haircut.
Rodriguez trusts the process in everything he loves, and that’s why he’s having a successful senior season for the Palisade track and field team.
“I’ve learned about dedication (on the track team). If you want to do something, just do (what it takes),” he said. “You have to put a lot of time into track and any sport. You have to be on time to practice and meet days and that’s like real life. You gotta keep pushing even through the bad days because it may get better.”
Rodriguez has been running track since he was in the seventh grade because he just “loves to run fast,” he said. In the winter, he wears the No. 1 jersey for the Palisade boys basketball team and uses his track speed to fly down the court and get himself open for 3-pointers.
While his speed and quickness helped him carve out a reliable role on a Bulldogs team that made the Class 4A playoffs, his basketball skills are also helping him on the track.
“I think basketball has helped my reaction time. I think I’m starting my races better because of it,” he said. “Because if you start out of the block well, you’re more likely to have a good race than if you start poorly. You can still have a good race if you don’t but it’s just a lot harder.”
And Rodrgiuez is off to a great start this season.
He runs the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and is the anchor of the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams.
At the Rifle Invite on March 18, Rodriguez won the 200 in 23.58 seconds. He also finished second in the 100 with an impressive 11.43 mark, just behind reigning state champion Justin Blanton from Central. He also won the 200 at the Warrior Invitational on March 26 and beat his personal best time.
He continued to reach new heights at the Mickey Dunn Invitational at Stocker Stadium on Friday. He set a personal-best 11.31 in the 100, which was only two-one hundredths of a second out of first place and a Top 50 time in Colorado.
Rodriguez also ran on the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams, finishing first in the former and third in the latter.
“This is the first year I’ve ran anchor and that’s all about speed, you’re the last one to run. I think our relay teams are really good this year and I’m just happy to be able to help the team,” he said.
His performance and presence on the team has helped first-year coach Jill Reetz.
Reetz praised Rodriguez for his leadership style. He’s quiet but will push everyone to improve when needed, she said.
On the track, she was shocked that he hasn’t always ran anchor for the Bulldogs, and moving him into that role was a no-brainer, she said. Reetz also praised Rodriguez for his maturity when facing stiff competition like Blanton on a regular basis.
“Julio just runs his race, he doesn’t focus on whomever he’s running with. He’s focused on always improving and hopefully setting personal records,” Reetz said. “I think he’s so excited to finally have a normal season after COVID. He’s been such a leader for our young team and it’s so awesome to see kids look up to him.”
Rodriguez has his sights set on the state meet to close out his senior season but he’s not getting ahead of himself. He understands that the path to success consists of meticulous steps, and crossing those requires patience.
Like his favorite musician Ariel Camacho always said, “If you want your dreams to come true, always fight for it.” That’s the message he hopes to leave with the future Bulldogs.
“High school is too short. You’re not going to have too many opportunities so if you want something, go for it and put in the work,” he said. “Try something for one year and if you don’t like it, then go find something else. But at least try it.”
District 51 Winners
Grand Junction’s Miller Jones finished first in three different events. He won the triple jump with a mark of 42 feet, 6.5 inches, a top-25 state time. He also won the 300 hurdles in 43.26, which is a top-50 state time, and the long jump with a mark of 20-4.25.
Central took home most of the hardware in the boys competitions. The 4x800 relay team (Tyler Stogsdill, Jackson Edwards, Shalom Trowbridge and Jordan LeBlow) won in 8:09.61, nearly a full minute ahead of second place. The 4x400 team (Stogsdill, Trowbridge, LeBlow and Blanton) won in 3:32.50. And finally, the 4x200 team (James Montoya, Hunter Richardson, Jaxon Gohn and Blanton) won in 1:34.80.
Alex Fisher won two events — the 800 and 3,200. He finished the former in 2:01.13, a top-25 time in Colorado, and, he won the latter in 10:43.70.
Daniel Baroumbaye won the shot put and discus. His discus throw of 134-7 was a top-50 mark in the state, and he won the shot with a mark of 40-8.5.
Blanton won the 200 in 22.79, a top-25 time in Colorado.
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agate CMU baseball boxscore, April 1, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print Colorado Mesa 8, Regis 1Friday at AlamosaRegis Colorado Mesaab r h bi ab r h bi Marquez cf 3 0 0 0 Turner rf 5 0 0 1Beyene phcf 1 0 1 0 Farmer 3b 5 0 1 0Riley c 4 0 1 0 McGeary dh 3 1 1 0Marlow 1b 4 0 1 0 Villafuerte lf 4 2 2 0Koontz lf 3 0 1 0 Stubbings 1b 4 2 3 2Cicini rf 4 0 0 0 Rodgers 2b 4 0 1 2Chase 3b 4 0 2 0 Bramwell c 4 1 1 0Owen dh 3 0 0 0 Hamilton ss 3 2 1 0Harrison ph 1 0 0 0 Carr cf 4 0 1 0Daudet ss 4 0 1 0Vaught 2b 2 1 1 0Boyle ph 1 0 0 0Totals 34 1 8 0 Totals 36 8 11 5Regis 001 000 000 — 1 8 0Colorado Mesa 000 212 03x — 8 11 0DP—RU 1, CMU 1. LOB—RU 8, CMU 6.2B—Villafuerte, Stubbings, Hamilton. HR—Stubbings.SB—Beyene, Riley, Koontz, Chase; Rodgers.Regis IP H R ER BB SOKleinsorge (L, 2-2) 5.1 7 5 5 1 5Bushnell 1.1 1 0 0 0 0Douthitt 0.2 3 2 2 0 0Luebker 0 0 1 1 1 0Shepardson 0.2 0 0 0 0 1Colorado Mesa IP H R ER BB SOHandy (W, 5-1) 6 5 1 1 2 5Edwards (S, 1) 3 3 0 0 0 4WP—Kleinsorge, Shepardson 2, Handy, Edwards.T—2:31. A—58. Facebook Twitter Email Print Tags Mesa Visitor Cmu Po Linguistics Name Pb Sac Sport Bk Baseball Hr Wp Physiology Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Fri 1% 38° 63° Fri Friday 63°/38° Clear. Lows overnight in the upper 30s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:58:30 AM Sunset: 07:38:21 PM Humidity: 52% Wind: ESE @ 11 mph UV Index: 0 Low Friday Night Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Sat 1% 46° 70° Sat Saturday 70°/46° More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:56:55 AM Sunset: 07:39:19 PM Humidity: 28% Wind: SW @ 12 mph UV Index: 6 High Saturday Night Overcast. Low 46F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Sun 39% 40° 63° Sun Sunday 63°/40° Morning showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Chance of Rain: 39% Sunrise: 06:55:20 AM Sunset: 07:40:17 PM Humidity: 40% Wind: NE @ 10 mph UV Index: 4 Moderate Sunday Night Cloudy. Low around 40F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 3% 45° 67° Mon Monday 67°/45° Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 3% Sunrise: 06:53:46 AM Sunset: 07:41:15 PM Humidity: 36% Wind: WSW @ 17 mph UV Index: 6 High Monday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low near 45F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Tue 9% 33° 64° Tue Tuesday 64°/33° Windy with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 9% Sunrise: 06:52:12 AM Sunset: 07:42:13 PM Humidity: 29% Wind: W @ 22 mph UV Index: 6 High Tuesday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 33F. N winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Wed 0% 31° 55° Wed Wednesday 55°/31° Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:50:39 AM Sunset: 07:43:11 PM Humidity: 23% Wind: N @ 12 mph UV Index: 7 High Wednesday Night Clear skies. Low 31F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 0% 36° 62° Thu Thursday 62°/36° Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:49:06 AM Sunset: 07:44:09 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: NE @ 7 mph UV Index: 7 High Thursday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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agate CMU beach volleyball results, April 1, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print Colorado Mesa 3, Oregon 2Friday at Boise State ClassicNo. 1 — Brooke Nuneviller/Reagan Hope, UO, def. Savannah Spitzer/Hahni Johnson 21-16, 21-15; No. 2 — Daley McClellan/Madelyn LaFollette, UO, def. Holly Schmidt/Macie Lachemann 11-21, 21-18, 15-10; No. 3 — Jada Hall/Jessa Mengenhardt, CMU, def. Alex Laita/Bea Wetton 21-17, 21-17; No. 4 — Sierra Hunt/Ara Norwood, CMU def. Chloe Grown/Zoe Almanza 21-19, 18-21, 17-15; No. 5 — Tye Wedhorn/Sabrina VanDeList, CMU def. Ashley Schroeder/ Ella Tyus 23-21 21-13Washington 3, Colorado Mesa 2No. 1 — Natalie Robinson/Chloe Loreen, UW, def. Savannah Spitzer/Hahni Johnson 21-15, 21-11; No. 2 — Holly Schmidt/Macie Lachemann, CMU, def. Kyra Petersen/Scarlett Dahl 15-21, 25-23, 15-13; No. 3 — Jada Hall/Jessa Megenhardt, CMU, def. Audra Wilmes/Paloma Bowman 21-19 21-17; No. 4 — Maeve Griffin/Ashley Shook, UW, def. Sydney Leffler/Sierra Hunt 21-23, 21-12, 15-11; No. 5 — Emma Calle/Hannah Yerex, UW, def. Tye Wedhorn/Sabrina VanDeList 21-19, 21-13 Facebook Twitter Email Print Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Fri 1% 38° 63° Fri Friday 63°/38° Clear. Lows overnight in the upper 30s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:58:30 AM Sunset: 07:38:21 PM Humidity: 52% Wind: ESE @ 11 mph UV Index: 0 Low Friday Night Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Sat 1% 46° 70° Sat Saturday 70°/46° More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:56:55 AM Sunset: 07:39:19 PM Humidity: 28% Wind: SW @ 12 mph UV Index: 6 High Saturday Night Overcast. Low 46F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Sun 39% 40° 63° Sun Sunday 63°/40° Morning showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Chance of Rain: 39% Sunrise: 06:55:20 AM Sunset: 07:40:17 PM Humidity: 40% Wind: NE @ 10 mph UV Index: 4 Moderate Sunday Night Cloudy. Low around 40F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 3% 45° 67° Mon Monday 67°/45° Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 3% Sunrise: 06:53:46 AM Sunset: 07:41:15 PM Humidity: 36% Wind: WSW @ 17 mph UV Index: 6 High Monday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low near 45F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Tue 9% 33° 64° Tue Tuesday 64°/33° Windy with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 9% Sunrise: 06:52:12 AM Sunset: 07:42:13 PM Humidity: 29% Wind: W @ 22 mph UV Index: 6 High Tuesday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 33F. N winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Wed 0% 31° 55° Wed Wednesday 55°/31° Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:50:39 AM Sunset: 07:43:11 PM Humidity: 23% Wind: N @ 12 mph UV Index: 7 High Wednesday Night Clear skies. Low 31F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 0% 36° 62° Thu Thursday 62°/36° Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:49:06 AM Sunset: 07:44:09 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: NE @ 7 mph UV Index: 7 High Thursday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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agate CMU lacrosse results, April 1, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print Regis 17, Colorado Mesa 10WomenFriday at RegisColorado Mesa 1 2 2 5 — 10Regis 4 5 4 4 — 17Goals: CMU: Bryant 2, Evans 2, Davis 2, Ohngemach 2, Wentz, Jakeman; RU: Peoples 5, Parker 4, Johnson 2, Northcutt 2, Truex 2, Krats, SchallmoserAssists: CMU; Evans 2, Ohngemach, Jakeman; RU: Krats 3, Johnson, Rothermund, PeoplesShots: CMU 22, RU 38; Shots on goal: CMU 14, RU 27.Ground balls: CMU 23, RU 36; Draw Controls: CMU 18, RU 13; Turnovers: CMU 28, RU 18.Goalies, saves: Murphy, CMU, 7; Mitchell, CMU, 3; Goetsch, RU 3, Myotte, RU, 1 Facebook Twitter Email Print Tags Ground Ball Turnover Penalties-minutes Sport Attendance Goalie Faceoff Shot Name Xx Lacrosse Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Fri 1% 38° 63° Fri Friday 63°/38° Clear. Lows overnight in the upper 30s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:58:30 AM Sunset: 07:38:21 PM Humidity: 52% Wind: ESE @ 11 mph UV Index: 0 Low Friday Night Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Sat 1% 46° 70° Sat Saturday 70°/46° More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:56:55 AM Sunset: 07:39:19 PM Humidity: 28% Wind: SW @ 12 mph UV Index: 6 High Saturday Night Overcast. Low 46F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Sun 39% 40° 63° Sun Sunday 63°/40° Morning showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Chance of Rain: 39% Sunrise: 06:55:20 AM Sunset: 07:40:17 PM Humidity: 40% Wind: NE @ 10 mph UV Index: 4 Moderate Sunday Night Cloudy. Low around 40F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 3% 45° 67° Mon Monday 67°/45° Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 3% Sunrise: 06:53:46 AM Sunset: 07:41:15 PM Humidity: 36% Wind: WSW @ 17 mph UV Index: 6 High Monday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low near 45F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Tue 9% 33° 64° Tue Tuesday 64°/33° Windy with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 9% Sunrise: 06:52:12 AM Sunset: 07:42:13 PM Humidity: 29% Wind: W @ 22 mph UV Index: 6 High Tuesday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 33F. N winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Wed 0% 31° 55° Wed Wednesday 55°/31° Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:50:39 AM Sunset: 07:43:11 PM Humidity: 23% Wind: N @ 12 mph UV Index: 7 High Wednesday Night Clear skies. Low 31F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 0% 36° 62° Thu Thursday 62°/36° Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:49:06 AM Sunset: 07:44:09 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: NE @ 7 mph UV Index: 7 High Thursday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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agate CMU tennis results, April 1, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print Metro State 6, Colorado Mesa 1Friday at DenverMenSinglesNo. 1 — Jeanloup Auzias, MSUD, def. Steven Howe 6-3, 6-4; No. 2 — Carlos Pinedo, MSUD def. Christian Albrechtsen 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 — Alejandro Jimenez, MSUD, def. Jorge Abreu 7-6 (7-0), 6-3; No. 4 — Andy Caruana, MSUD, def. Tyler Landen 6-1, 6-1; No. 5 — David Kijak, MSUD, def. Jandre Van Wyk 3-6, 6-3, 10-6; No. 6 — Billy McDermott, MSUD, def. Tegan Hartman 6-2, 6-4DoublesNo. 1 — Pinedo/Caruana, MSUD, def. Landen/Albrechtsen 6-4; No. 2 — Howe/Van Wyk, CMU, def. Jimenez/McDermott 6-3; No. 3 — Abreu /Hartman, CMU def. Auzias/Dayton Fisher 6-4Metro State 4, Colorado Mesa 3WomenSinglesNo. 1 — Ava Neuburger-Higby, MSUD, def. Issy Coman 6-3, 0-2, injury default; No. 2 — Isabel Heras, MSUD, def. Makenna Livingston 6-4, 6-7, 6-3; No. 3 — Maike Waldburger, CMU def. Castello 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; No. 4 — Marie Cool, MSUD, def. Halle Romero 6-3, 6-4; No. 5 — Macy Richards, CMU, def. Monica Guarin 6-4 6-1; No. 6 — Julianna Campos, CMU, def. Kayla Myburgh 2-6, 6-2 10-7DoublesNo. 1 — Neuburger-Higby/Heras, MSUD, def. Livingston/Richards 6-3; No. 2 — Cool/Castello, MSUD def. Coman/Romero 6-4; No. 3 — Myburgh/Guarin, MSUD, def. Waldburger/Page Furin 6-4 Facebook Twitter Email Print Tags Agate Tennis Doubles Score Sport Woman Single Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Fri 1% 38° 63° Fri Friday 63°/38° Clear. Lows overnight in the upper 30s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:58:30 AM Sunset: 07:38:21 PM Humidity: 52% Wind: ESE @ 11 mph UV Index: 0 Low Friday Night Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Sat 1% 46° 70° Sat Saturday 70°/46° More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:56:55 AM Sunset: 07:39:19 PM Humidity: 28% Wind: SW @ 12 mph UV Index: 6 High Saturday Night Overcast. Low 46F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Sun 39% 40° 63° Sun Sunday 63°/40° Morning showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Chance of Rain: 39% Sunrise: 06:55:20 AM Sunset: 07:40:17 PM Humidity: 40% Wind: NE @ 10 mph UV Index: 4 Moderate Sunday Night Cloudy. Low around 40F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 3% 45° 67° Mon Monday 67°/45° Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 3% Sunrise: 06:53:46 AM Sunset: 07:41:15 PM Humidity: 36% Wind: WSW @ 17 mph UV Index: 6 High Monday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low near 45F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Tue 9% 33° 64° Tue Tuesday 64°/33° Windy with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 9% Sunrise: 06:52:12 AM Sunset: 07:42:13 PM Humidity: 29% Wind: W @ 22 mph UV Index: 6 High Tuesday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 33F. N winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Wed 0% 31° 55° Wed Wednesday 55°/31° Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:50:39 AM Sunset: 07:43:11 PM Humidity: 23% Wind: N @ 12 mph UV Index: 7 High Wednesday Night Clear skies. Low 31F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 0% 36° 62° Thu Thursday 62°/36° Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:49:06 AM Sunset: 07:44:09 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: NE @ 7 mph UV Index: 7 High Thursday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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agate Prep baseball boxes, April 1, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print Palisade 5, Evergreen 3Friday at PalisadeEvergreen 000 000 3 — 3 2 2Palisade 002 012 x — 5 8 1Evergreen pitching — Carson King (L) 5 IP 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 7 K, 3 BB; Alex Wulfekoetter 0.2 IP 1 H, 2 R, 1 K, 1 BB; Ben Dye 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0R, 0 K, 1 BB.Palisade pitching — Ryder Mancuso (W) 6.1 IP 1 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 11 K, 5 BB; Ryker Harsha (S) 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, 1 BB.Evergreen leading hitters — Augie Webre 1 for 2, 1 R; Ethan Foreman 1 for 2.Palisade leading hitters — Bret Rozman 1 for 2, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 HR; Braden Blanck 2 for 2, 1 R; Melesio Perez 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B; Nick Campbell 2 for 4, 1 RBI.Records — Palisade (8-1), Evergreen (3-2).Horizon 13, Central 2Friday at CentralHorizon 801 004 — 13 18 3Central 110 000 — 2 2 2Horizon pitching — Cole Toureau (W) 5 IP 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 12 K, 2 BB; Nick Lay 1 IP 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB.Central pitching — Joe Vigil (L) 5.2 IP 15 H, 12 R, 11 ER, 4 K, 1 BB; Kaden Guerrieri 0.1 IP 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER.Horizon leading hitters — Justin Gines 2 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 3B; Toreau 2 for 4, 2 RBI; Zeke Minic 2 for 4, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B; Blake Benallo 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, Danny Sullivan 2 for 4, 1 R; Jeremaya Martinez 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 2 R.Central leading hitters — Alex Taylor 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 3B; Luke Brown 1 for 3, 1 R.Records — Horizon (4-1), Central (5-5).Fossil Ridge 12, Grand Junction 2Friday at Fossil RidgeGrand Junction 010 10 — 2 4 2Fossil Ridge 060 42 — 12 9 2Grand Junction pitching — Cameron Ochoa 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, 1 BB; Will Applegate 0.1 IP 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 K, 2 BB; Brett Woytek (L) 2.2 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 4 K, 3 BB; Caleb Olson 0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, o K, 1 BB.Fossil Ridge pitching — Tyler Kubat (W) 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, o ER, 4 K, 1 BB.Grand Junction leading hitters — Applegate 2 for 2, 1 R; Kaden Manchester 1 for 3; Braden Prettyman 1 for 2.Fossil Ridge leading hitters — Sam Pease 2 for 2, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B; Ethan Moran 2 for 3, 2 RBI, 1 3B; Brek Benedict 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 3 R; Jonathan Reed 1 for 2, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 3B; Easton Miller 1 for 2, 2 RBI, 1 R.Records — Fossil Ridge (4-3), Grand Junction (3-7). Facebook Twitter Email Print Tags Record Loser Wp Sport Lp Hitter Baseball Winner Player Linguistics Prep Etc. Name Pitching Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Fri 1% 38° 63° Fri Friday 63°/38° Clear. Lows overnight in the upper 30s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:58:30 AM Sunset: 07:38:21 PM Humidity: 52% Wind: ESE @ 11 mph UV Index: 0 Low Friday Night Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Sat 1% 46° 70° Sat Saturday 70°/46° More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 1% Sunrise: 06:56:55 AM Sunset: 07:39:19 PM Humidity: 28% Wind: SW @ 12 mph UV Index: 6 High Saturday Night Overcast. Low 46F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Sun 39% 40° 63° Sun Sunday 63°/40° Morning showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 40s. Chance of Rain: 39% Sunrise: 06:55:20 AM Sunset: 07:40:17 PM Humidity: 40% Wind: NE @ 10 mph UV Index: 4 Moderate Sunday Night Cloudy. Low around 40F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 3% 45° 67° Mon Monday 67°/45° Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Chance of Rain: 3% Sunrise: 06:53:46 AM Sunset: 07:41:15 PM Humidity: 36% Wind: WSW @ 17 mph UV Index: 6 High Monday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low near 45F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Tue 9% 33° 64° Tue Tuesday 64°/33° Windy with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 9% Sunrise: 06:52:12 AM Sunset: 07:42:13 PM Humidity: 29% Wind: W @ 22 mph UV Index: 6 High Tuesday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 33F. N winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Wed 0% 31° 55° Wed Wednesday 55°/31° Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:50:39 AM Sunset: 07:43:11 PM Humidity: 23% Wind: N @ 12 mph UV Index: 7 High Wednesday Night Clear skies. Low 31F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 0% 36° 62° Thu Thursday 62°/36° Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:49:06 AM Sunset: 07:44:09 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: NE @ 7 mph UV Index: 7 High Thursday Night A mostly clear sky. Low 36F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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Panel discussion at CMU features author, journalist
Journalist and author Bari Weiss will be part of a panel discussion event at Colorado Mesa University.
Weiss’ book “How to Fight Anti-Semitism” was released in 2019. Her podcast is named “Honestly with Bari Weiss.” She founded the “Common Sense with Bari Weiss” digital newsletter.
The panel discussion with Weiss, CMU President John Marshall and CMU board of trustees member David Foster will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson Theatre in CMU’s Moss Performing Arts Center, 1221 N. 12th St.
Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at coloradomesa.edu/tickets.
This event is presented by Jewish Colorado and CMU’s Civic Forum. For information, go to coloradomesa.edu/civic-forum/bari-weiss.html.
Workshop offers tips about how to write for laughs
The common ground of comedy and writing will be the subject of the next Writers Night from 6–7:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Art Center of Western Colorado, 1803 N. Seventh St.
The workshop “Comedy for Everybody (no matter what you write!)” will be presented by Emilie Stickley, co-founder of the local comedy group Joke Junction.
“Come and chat with a local comedian as she shares her approach to writing for standup and stringing together the perfect set,” said a news release from the Western Colorado Writers Forum, which is hosting this workshop.
To register to attend in person, go to westerncoloradowriters.org. This workshop also can be attended via Zoom, however registration must be made before 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Novelist riding the rails to book signing in GJ
Ed Davis, author of “The Last Professional,” will be featured with a question-and-answer session and book signing at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2451 Patterson Road.
“The Last Professional” is a novel about two men hopping railroad cars, the younger man looking for a new beginning in life and the older man fleeing an enemy and the changing American landscape, according to promotional materials.
Davis is on a “Great American Amtrak Book Tour” for his novel, which brings him to Grand Junction between book events in Salt Lake City and Denver.
For information about Davis, his novel and other writing projects, go to eddavisbooks.com.
Science museum founder signing copies of new book
Meet John McConnell, founder of the Eureka! McConnell Science Museum, at his next book signing.
That event for “SITHOK: Science in The Hands of Kids” will be from 2–4 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2451 Patterson Road.
In “SITHOK,” McConnell writes about mentoring local kids in math and science and the founding of the museum.
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April means it’s time to haul all our unwanted items to the curb for spring cleanup.
April could also mean it’s time to scour all the piles for new (to you) treasures. It’s truly a win-win situation for everyone.
Are you a hauler or a scourer? (Or both?)
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Palisade Lions Club’s yard sale is from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday at the Palisade Veterans Memorial Park Community Center, 120 W. Eighth St., in Palisade.
Proceeds will go to support Palisade community projects.
Club members will be at the Community Center from 1–5 p.m. Friday, accepting donations of gently used items for the sale. To donate items earlier than Friday, call 970-464-1217 or 970-260-4487.
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Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado will have its Quarterly Veterans’ Memorial Service at 1 p.m. Monday at the cemetery’s committal shelter, 2830 Riverside Parkway.
Grand Valley Combined Honor Guard and Team III COARNG Honor Guard will perform military honors as a tribute and final salute in memory of all veterans who had no military honors during their committal in January, February and March.
The program also includes members of the Patriot Guard Riders, a dove release, bag pipers, the tolling of the Veterans Memorial Bell and a cannon shot from the memorial cannon.
Ten veterans will be honored during Monday’s service that is open to the public. Call 970-263-8986 for information.
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Junior Service League of Grand Junction awarded grants totaling more than $50,000 to the Community Hospital Foundation.
A $31,229 grant will help support the new medical office building and James Pulsipher Regional Cancer Center, slated for completion in 2023, a news release said. A second grant, in the amount of $20,000, will help support direct patient care for mammography services.
“We are incredibly grateful for this generous donation from the Junior Service League,” said Community Hospital radiology director, Penny Carlton, in the news release.
“These funds will allow us to better serve uninsured and under-insured individuals in our community, particularly those exhibiting symptoms of advanced breast cancer who may require diagnostic breast imaging and expedited life-saving treatment,” Carlton said.
The league raised funds through community events such as Viva el Vino, which returns this year on Saturday, April 30, at a new venue. Go to JSLGJ.com/viva-el-vino/ for tickets and information.
“JSL is extremely proud to help support important causes like this in our community,” said Viva El Vino chair A’lanne Conrad.
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Smokin’ Oak Pizza, 2478 U.S. Highway 6&50, will host a monthlong fundraiser for local athletes/teams selected to go to Special Olympics USA Games.
On Mondays and Tuesdays in April, mention the Special Olympics fundraiser when placing an order and 20% of the proceeds from your dine-in or take-out order will be donated to the USA Games for team Colorado.
There are two posters/fliers circulating with two Grand Junction athletes highlighted — Anna Mercado (powerlifting) and Steven Crawley (bocce ball). Posters have a unique QR code, where donations can be made to their specific team.
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The Mount Garfield Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will have its monthly meeting Saturday, featuring the program, “Dust Bowl and Great Depression,” presented by Vice Regent, Lena Watts.
The nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer women’s service organization is dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education for children. Call 970-243-6006 for information.
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Thursday is the deadline to submit nominations for the 2022 Kiwanis Citizen of the Year Award and the Educator of the Year Award.
The annual awards are given to Mesa County residents who contribute to the community, with an emphasis on projects that benefit children and education of children. Nominees do not have to be members of Kiwanis Club of Grand Junction.
Nomination forms are available online at Kiwanis-gj.org. Completed forms can be emailed to Ed Baltzer at ebaltzer@avantenvironmental.com.
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Friday is the deadline for local nonprofits to apply for Grand Junction Rotary Club‘s 2022 Robin Hood Grants.
There is $15,000 available for projects that benefit Mesa County citizens. Registered 501c3 applicants must complete the request form found at gjrotaryorg. Email applications to grandjunctionrotary@gmail.com or call David Conner at 970-778-2255.
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Grand Slam Bridge Club had a “great reopening” last month, after being closed for two years because of the pandemic, wrote Joella Krall when submitting the weekly results for publication.
A large turnout met at the new venue, the Redlands Community Center, 2463 Broadway, she wrote. The club meets weekly at 12:15 p.m. on Mondays. Email Sharon Snyder at sharon7nt@gmail or text/call 970-216-8807 for information.
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Sunset Slope Quilters will host its “Mesas to Monuments” Quilt Show on Friday and Saturday, April 8–9, at the Grand Junction Convention Center.
More than 200 quilts of all types will be on display with 22 vendors from five states. Hours are 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday. Antique quilt bed turnings will take place each day at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
A “gorgeous” antique quilt will be live-auctioned Saturday afternoon, following the bed turning. The show also features a silent auction of small quilts. Entry is $5 for ages 12 and older.
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”What Were You Wearing,” a free art installation bringing attention to Sexual Assault Awareness Month during April, will have two showings.
Inspired by Dr. Mary Simmerling’s poem, “What I Was Wearing,” the installation “seeks to move viewers away from assumptions that place blame on victims of violence and challenges them to look beyond gender, clothing, the decision the survivor did — or didn’t — make or even where they were at the time of the assault,” said a news release from The Center for Children.
The installation is open from 5–7 p.m. Monday at the Central Library, 443 N. Sixth St., and from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 11–12, at the Meyer Ballroom, Colorado Mesa University. Go to centerforchildrencac.org for information.
Submit community news and treasure maps to communitynews@gjsentinel.com or 734 S. Seventh St., Grand Junction, CO, 81501. Online calendar items can be uploaded at GJSentinel.com/local-events.
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