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Jussel: No-brainer for Nuggets: Keep Ujiri

A rather troubling report came out of Toronto last week, with the NBA’s Raptors saying they are interested in signing their former assistant general manager to the position of general ...

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Welcome, JUCO visitors - we’re watching our towels

Dear JUCO visitors, teams, and fans, As president of the Grand Junction/Fruita Advisory on Regional Tourism (GJ FART), it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 54th, or possibly 55th, Junior ...

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Spring starts with a barrel 
full of tasting

This past weekend was the second of the two-weekend Barrel into Spring 2013 tasting, and the event started with a rush, at least as far as Steve Smith of Grande River Winery was ...

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Having fun with tomatoes

I hear that click and I know what he has been up to ... sneaking through the gate and looking every time I come home with more tomato plants. Oh, yes, he knows where they are hidden, waiting to ...

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A good grub is hard to find, butt not impossible

I nearly ran my car off the road when I saw it. A monstrous grub looming toward me from a billboard, with the message that I should hire a landscape company to kill it before it killed my lawn. ...

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Night crawlers do more good than harm

My lawns are a mess due to excessive night crawlers. Is there a method I could use to at least discourage them if not rid my lawn of these worms? I think they are night crawlers as they leave ...

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Feel like you’re just a number? So does Stylist No. 3

It was time for a haircut, so I approached the counter of the Super Great Cost Cutter Clips, where the stylist stared at a computer. “Phone number?” She mumbled. I sort of looked ...

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Music festival at botanical gardens could blossom

For some reason I just can’t stop myself from writing about local music festivals. You may remember, last time I checked in with you I wasn’t overwhelmed with excitement about a ...

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Jussel: Avs make science of missing playoffs

The National Hockey League playoffs are in full swing. And once again, for the fifth time in the past seven years, the Colorado Avalanche are not involved. Folks, it is difficult not to get ...

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Quilters’ stitches benefit shelter’s cats and dogs

It’s not often that cats and dogs come together to celebrate a momentous occasion. But, that is exactly what’s happening as a group of quilters helps Roice-Hurst Humane Society ...

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