Cowboy Poet Peggy Malone slid into a booth at Lois’ Place this week. On the wall near her booth was a biography of a veteran killed in Iraq. The story so moved her she penned this poem:
Lois’s…American Pride:
If you’re looking for conviction, of strong American Pride.
Stop by and eat at Lois’s, and once you are inside
Just settle down, look around, with hot coffee in your hand
You will see along the wall, the brave men who served our land
She proudly displays their pictures, that truly warm…more
The shelves that once displayed thousands of Rubik’s Cubes are now empty in Cecil Smith’s downtown Grand Junction home. But the passion for the puzzle of squares still lives within the 80-year-old Smith.
He’s looking online for a rebirth of the cube and has self-published his book, “Cubeology’s…more
Gary Follett is not one of those guys who complains that he never wins anything. He wins all the time.
Most recently Follett won a $10,000 bedroom makeover from KSTAR 96.1. Follett entered his name into a random drawing at one of the first Farmer’s Markets this summer,…more
Nine local animal shelters were awarded $40,000 last week by Maddie’s Fund, the Pet Foundation. The shelters are members of the WeCARe SW Coalition, which includes facilities in Delta, Mesa, Ouray, and Montrose counties.
The ultimate goal of the coalition is to make these counties completely kill-free as…more
Wes Sheader got more than a few looks during his morning commute Friday. Sheader was dressed in full Bat suit, cape flying, while driving his very own Bat Mobile.
Sheader is one of the few pediatric chiropractic specialists in the nation. He works at New Life Chriropractic where…more
The big white house at 929 Main Street is a popular Halloween stop for the young and old alike.
Each Halloween Marie and Karol Ramstetter have an open house. Guests are welcome to come in for a drink and tour of the old colonial-style home owned by the…more
Nobody was a wallflower at the annual Halloween party for clients of Mesa Developmental Services Thursday at Whiskey River but there were a lot of clowns, witches, and ghouls.
The floor was packed as the revelers danced to such Halloween hits as “Monster Mash” and “Ghostbusters.”
The cold didn’t decrease the enthusiasm of Broadway Elementary School students Wednesday as they trampled the fresh snow into sticky slush on their annual Bear Walk. In fact, it probably made the annual fundraiser more fun.
The Bear Walk is an event in which students and invited guests…more
Despite their red noses and frozen fingers, real estate agents from Re/Max 4000 were braving the snow Wednesday morning to collect money and food donations for the Grand Junction Community Food Bank.
The agents donned their Halloween costumes early and stood at the corners of First Street and…more
Dr. Glen R. Dean, a local dentist, says he has the perfect solution for using that leftover Halloween candy. Sell it to him and he’ll donate it to The Blue Star Mothers to be sent to U.S. troops.
Dean says it’s better from a dental standpoint to eat…more
Just waiting in line is going to be scary this year at Haunted Acres. The low whispers of the crowd, the wind rustling through the corn husks and the sound of the lapping pond water add to the scary prelude of the haunted house. Screams are coming…more
The Daily Sentinel’s Senior Fair was in full swing Friday at Two Rivers Convention Center.
This is the eighth year that the newspaper has hosted the free event. There are 74 booths, giving seniors information about everything from medical marijuana to new innovations in back surgery.
Each month a group of downtown merchants, including Planet Wines, opens their walls to local artists as free display space.
“It really provides an opportunity for local artists to show their stuff and it drives traffic to the stores,” said Mike Chariton, owner of Planet Wines.
