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Bookcliff Gardens plants French-style garden

The employees at Bookcliff Gardens have adopted a special project this summer which is reminiscent of a French country house’s kitchen garden. Last fall, the popular greenhouse cleared a site to begin a potager garden, a space which ...

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Boulder Acoustic Society makes special stop at nursing home

Richard Crysler and Donna Cummings, partners for the past 33 years, used to love to attend live music concerts together. It was one of the joys of life for the couple who attended events at least twice a month until Cummings began battling ...

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REI to give $22,00 to local organizations

The local REI store plans this weekend to give more than $22,000 to three local organizations who work toward stewardship and outdoor recreation. The organizations set to receive money include the Colorado Monument Association, the Colorado ...

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Youngs’ urban orchard an abundant home

Dr. Earl and Floy Young’s two-acre backyard looks out of place right in the heart of Grand Junction. And this season it’s overflowing in fruit in vegetables — a bounty that the retired dentist and his wife spread around the ...

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Meyers creates pop tab vest for fair

Kevin Meyers, 18, has tried just about everything in his 11 years as a Appleton 4H Club member. This year he tried something a little different to round out his final year in the program. He created a vest by weaving together pop tabs with ...

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Fair ambassadors answer all community questions

Many may thing that 4H clubs are only about raising animals, but there are also opportunities for teens to build leadership and public relations skills. The Mesa County Fair Ambassadors are a group of specially selected 4Hers who are ...

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Eating contests a hit a fair

Lots of folks stepped right up to eat their way through a variety of contests including watermelon, ice cream and jalepeno eating contests. The eating contests are always a big hit at the fair, said Mesa County Fair Ambassador Kiffanie ...

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Judges “Spot” prize pig

Korbin Roehm, 11, wasn’t too surprised when his 257 pound pig Spot won the first place prize in the class 6 showmanship competition Thursday morning. “He has wide hams and wide shoulders,” Roehm explained, “and ...

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Children’s center receives solar gift

The Western Slope Center for Children received the gift of solar electricity Wednesday afternoon from High Noon Solar. The 9.89 kilowatt system will produce 40 percent of the center’s electricity need making it a gift that will ...

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Open class exhibit provides friendly resident competition

Beverly Hayes has the huge task at the Mesa County Fair of organizing and displaying the more than 500 entries into the open class fair competition. For the past nine years, she has volunteered to help residents put their best pie, cake, ...

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