Special Sections - Portrait

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POR: Terri Gird March 15, 2009

Terri Gird may be a volunteer for the GJPD, but it still is all business with her Don’t get the wrong idea. Gird is all business, and her business is being the volunteer-services coordinator for the Grand Junction Police Department, a ...

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POR: Randy Powell March 15, 2009

Randy Powell always has a lot on his plate, whether it’s his day job, night job or hobbies. Powell’s day job is as the athletic director at Central High School, a position he took over earlier this year. Already an assistant ...

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POR: Maxine Curley March 15, 2009

Nature or nurture is no debate with Maxine Curley. By nature, humans are a peaceful animal. For proof, one need look no further then the children’s section of the Mesa County Library’s main branch, 530 Grand Ave. Maxine has spent ...

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POR: Rick Dujay March 08, 2009

Rick Dujay has more past lives than uranium has half-lives, or so it seems. Dujay was a college-football prospect. He was the youngest firefighter ever hired by the Houston Fire Department when he was 18. He was a member of the ...

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POR: David Jones March 08, 2009

There are four kinds of calamities that could spring a barefoot David Jones from the comfy seat on his couch and out of his flannel pajamas at about 10 p.m. on a recent nippy winter night: a fire, a fatal, a plane crash or a rollover.  ...

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POR: Kyle Hagerman March 08, 2009

On their honeymoon to Metropolis, Ill., where they reveled in the annual Superman Celebration and met the original Lois Lane, Kyle and Mandy Hagerman thought they had glimpsed a gem. An employee of the Super Museum, stuffed with more than ...

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POR: Jose Iglesias March 08, 2009

Jose Iglesias is as comfortable climbing a mountain as he is walking around his house. Actually, he might be more comfortable on a mountain. “Everything’s safe,” Iglesias said. “You feel at home.” Iglesias is ...

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POR: Heidi Hoffman Ham March 08, 2009

Every time Heidi Hoffman Ham peers outside her office window, the executive director of the Grand Junction Downtown Development Authority sees one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Grand Valley. She takes in the view of an area that ...

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POR: Dick Bell March 08, 2009

Dick Bell was a practicing lawyer and professor, when he saw an ad in an airline magazine and discovered his true passion. “I was on an airplane somewhere and opened up a magazine and saw a big ad about sports management,” Bell ...

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POR: Charles King March 08, 2009

At the start of a concert, Charles King flashes his toothy grin to the packed bar and the song starts with sound rising in his belly, it builds in the lungs, moves up his throat and bursts from his lips like a burp that tastes like rock ...

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POR: Corey Jo Aday March 08, 2009

If marching band was easy, they would have called it football. That is one of many marching band jokes Corey Aday, 14, has Googled. That saying makes her giggle and then say something to the effect of “no offense” to football ...

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POR: Bob Anthony March 08, 2009

Most people love animals, but there may be no one who loves them as much as Robert Anthony. Anthony grew up in Elgin, Ill., and his family always owned at least one dog. “I love animals,” Anthony said. “I’ve been ...

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POR: Sheryl VanHole March 08, 2009

At 60 years old, Sheryl VanHole claims she has never been healthier or more physically fit. VanHole attributes her health to her diet, morning walks and fitness classes at Rocky Mountain Health Plans, where she works. But equally important to ...

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POR: Dave Fox March 08, 2009

Dave Fox is one of the enduring faces of coaching in the Grand Valley. Since 1981, coaches have come and gone at the four area high schools, but one constant has been Fox coaching some sport at Fruita Monument High School. “It’s ...

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