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Your Local Atlas Van Line Agent
With years of experience, ALL PRO MOVING &
STORAGE located at 559 Sandhill Ln.,
#202, in Grand Junction has earned a
reputation throughout the area that is second to
none, and the reason is simple, they move families,
not just furniture! These well-respected professionals can move your most personal
possessions across town, or across the nation.
They specialize in complete door-to-door service for local and nationwide moving,
and you can rest assured when you place these experienced professionals in
charge. Let the experts at ALL PRO MOVING & STORAGE completely pre-plan your
next move. All of your valuable possessions will be carefully packed, crated, loaded
and delivered to your new destination, safe and sound. They also specialize in office
moves, retirement homes, pianos and storage, and they are fully insured for your protection.
For dependable, professional, courteous service, don’t make a move without ALL
PRO MOVING & STORAGE. Call them at 970-257-1652 for an estimate on your next
move. You’ll enjoy doing business with these friendly professionals, and you can be
assured of expert service at fair prices every time. They would like to join area businesses
in wishing everyone the Best for the Holidays.
Locally Owned & Operated By Martin Swift
For a hole in your roof or a whole new roof, contact ABLE
ROOF CO. located at 1327 21 Rd. in Grand Junction,
phone 970-858-8005 or visit www.ableroofco.com.
ABLE ROOF CO. is well known as one of the area's leading
roofing contractors. Their years of experience and their
many fine completions serve as their best references. When you call this company
to "talk roofing," you can be assured that you've made the wisest decision!
As specialists in ALL TYPES of roofing, this prominent firm can handle new roofing
as well as repairs. They are licensed, bonded and insured for your protection. All
roofs are hand nailed for quality work at reasonable rates.
When you're in need of roofing of any type...whether it is new construction or reroofing...call the professionals at ABLE ROOF CO. As the writers of this 2011 Look
At Business, we think you'll like their service and the results. Martin thanks all his
many friends and valued customers, and wishes everyone a Happy, Safe and
Prosperous Holiday Season.
T & J Ministorage
Opened In 1977
"The Best Little Storehouse In Town"
John & Kathy Baughman – Owners & Managers Since 1995
People in this area are fortunate to have a quality mini-storage facility such as T & J
MINISTORAGE with whom they can deal with confidently. They are located at 2987
North Ave. in Grand Junction, phone 970-242-0560 or FAX 970-255-9115. They offer
a complete mini-storage facility with many sizes of storage units to choose from.
They are the perfect place to store business records, office equipment, household
goods and inventory. The grounds are well lit and T & J MINISTORAGE offers 24-hour
access, special long term rates, and they also feature shelves and garment rods.
Th e y a r e o pen Mo n. – Sat., but close on Sat. after n o o n s , S u n d a y s a n d m a j o r
holidays, and offer the highest quality storage service at reasonable prices. Their
service is marked by courteous, prompt and friendly treatment of everyone. So stop
in or call 970-242-0560 whenever you may have the need to store anything. We
believe you'll be glad you did. John and Kathy personally thank all of their customers
and friends, and wish you all a Great Holiday Season and the Very Best in 2012.
Roadhouse Auto Center
Locally Owned & Operated
Tom Donat – Owner
Ron Jacobs – General Manager
For many years, automobile dealers considered the "used car" business a sideline
to selling new models. The friendly guys down at ROADHOUSE AUTO CENTER
located at 2381 F Rd. in Grand Junction, phone 970-254-1061, are changing that by
totally rejecting this theory. They believe that the used car buyer is just as important
as the new car buyer by giving the customer the best possible price, quality and
service. They specialize in used cars, and right now, they're dealing with a lower
profit margin than anyone in an all-out effort to help their customers by offering great
deals on good, used economy cars with a lifetime guarantee on their vehicles.
The kind of business that this respected firm does is the main reason people return
again and again when they need an automobile because they know that integrity,
quality, and value are always offered here.
Stop in at ROADHOUSE AUTO CENTER and look over the tremendous values in
quality used automobiles. We suggest this firm for better cars AND better values!
Tom, Ron and staff wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous Holiday Season and look
forward to seeing you soon.
The Cinnamon Grill
Formerly Black Bear Diner
Locally Owned & Operated By Opie Johnson
There are restaurants that come and go, and there are a few restaurants that give
good food and service year-after-year to the folks who drop in. For Grand Valley area
people who shop in Grand Junction, that restaurant is THE CINNAMON GRILL located
at 624 Rae Lynn, phone 970-243-4100.
When you are ready to relax over a good, hot cup of coffee, a piece of homemade
dessert, a sandwich or a freshly prepared home style meal, you will enjoy what Opie
and the staff serve up! If you are new in the area, stop at THE CINNAMON GRILL
the next time you are in Grand Junction and eat where the folks who "know" do. THE
CINNAMON GRILL has some of the friendliest service anywhere in the whole valley.
The writers of this 2011 Look At Business salute the owners of THE CINNAMON
GRILL for giving the people of this area such good service and great food.
Remember, for "good eats" visit THE CINNAMON GRILL! Opie and the staff would
like to thank all their valued customers for the past year, and wish you All The Best
of the Holiday Season!
Since 1955
Lic. #531
Tim & Kevin Himes – 2nd Generation Owners
HIMES DRILLING COMPANY, INC. located at 2390 U.S. Hwy. 6 & 50 in Grand
Junction, phone 970-242-8893, is one of the area's finest and most experienced core
and water well drillers! Their completed wells are in service throughout the area and
residents report outstanding results from their custom installed water systems. No
matter what type of drilling or what kind of pump it takes, this is one contractor who
makes sure that YOUR new well will serve you reliably and productively today and
for many years to come!
Utilizing the very latest in rotary and core drilling equipment, this reputable firm has
been drilling wells for homeowners, irrigators and municipalities for years and the
accumulation of their knowledge is what you get when you contact HIMES DRILLING
COMPANY, INC. to drill YOUR water wells and core drilling, for mineral exploration
for coal, gold and oil shale area mines.
Tim and Kevin thank all their customers and friends and extend their Holiday
Greetings to all! Make sure to mention you saw them in The Source when you call.
New Ownership
Locally Owned & Operated By Jon McGlothlin
When items of service for which you cannot go window shopping such as welding
equipment repair is needed, it then becomes important to know the reputation of the
firm with which you do business. MOUNTAIN STATES WELDER REPAIR located at
3 1 9 4 M e s a Av e . i n G r a n d J u n c ti o n , p h o n e 9 7 0 - 2 4 3 - 9 6 1 6, i s a fi r m y o u c a n d o
business with confidence and assurance of receiving satisfaction. They are your
local warranty station for all types of major welding equipment including equipment
including Lincoln, Miller, Hobart, Thermal Dyn and ESAB.
They employ well trained people who have the desire to please. All their employees
are trained to give you the best in welding equipment repair. MOUNTAIN STATES
W E L D ER R E PA I R i s f a v o r ab l y k n o w n fo r p r o m p t s e r v i c e a n d fa i r p r i c e s . T h e i r
popularity is due to the fact that they stand behind every job that they do.
Jon and the crew wish you All The Best of the Holiday Season and a Prosperous
New Year!
Custom Furniture Upholstery & Repair
Since 1983
Lorie Keeney, Mary Ann,
Aggie & Dan Stephens – Owners & Operators
Specialists in all types of upholstery, heavy fabric work and refinishing of
furniture, REDLANDS UPHOLSTERY has become well known as being THE
place to go when only the best is good enough! Whether you want a sofa or
chair recovered or refinished, this is the place to go!
Located at 360 Grand Mesa Ave. in Grand Junction, phone 970-242-5697 or visit
www.redlandsupholstery.com, they are open Mon. – Fri., 8am – 5pm. This qualityconscious shop can cover nearly anything with fine fabric and vinyl. They custom
manufacture, restyle and refinish furniture for home, office, or commercial use, as
well as antique restoration, refinishing and recaning. They also make and restore
mattresses and feature window cornices (the perfect window toppers) and RV upholstery!
Heavy duty sewing machines and other equipment will handle the toughest fabrics
with ease and these skilled craftsmen are thoroughly schooled in all phases of the
upholstering art. Regardless of what you need…if it’s upholstery, REDLANDS
UPHOLSTERY can handle it! You’ll also find a great selection of fabrics in their
showroom. The owners thank all of their customers and friends, and want you to
have a Great Holiday Season!
Locally Owned & Operated
By Mike Bumgardner
AIRSTREAM PLUMBING & HEATING INC., located
at 568 32 1/2 Rd. in Clifton, phone 970-434-5348, knows the plumbing and heating
business thoroughly. They don't "guess" at your problems, they find the answers.
Mike understands all phases of this work and he keeps up with the latest equipment
and maintenance problems. He stands behind his work and will do a professional job
for you. He understands that when you have a plumbing or heating problem, you
need someone as soon as possible.
AIRSTREAM PLUMBING & HEATING INC. offers you the best in plumbing and
heating fixtures and installation, for all residential needs. Repair jobs are given
prompt attention at a fair price. You will like their employees and find them courteous
and efficient. If you want to do business with someone you can trust, be sure to call
Mike. The writers of this 2011 Look At Business find it doubtful that you could find a
more competent contractor. Call Mike at 970-434-5348; you'll be glad you did. The
staff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!
Ford Construction Company
Design/Build & Competitive Bidding
Dan Kirk – Owner
Design Of Excellence Award Winner
For YOUR next structure, build with steel or stick lumber for lasting beauty and
economy! See FORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY located at 560 25 Rd. in Grand
Junction, phone 970-245-9343. They are ready to show you the very latest advancements
in distinctive, everlasting steel or stick lumber structures.
Plans are available to suit nearly every application from a modern retail store,
church, office building or weatherproof barn, or remodeling of existing structure.
Regardless of what you need in buildings and remodeling, FORD CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY handles the TOTAL job from building design to complete construction and
finishing. This is your complete building contractor!
The writers of this 2011 Look At Business suggest that anyone contemplating a new
building or remodeling, get in touch with them for a competitive bid. Their reputation
in this area is unparalleled! Dan and the staff extend their thanks to all of their valued
customers, and would like to wish everyone Very Happy and Joyous Holidays.
Scott Young – Owner
If you'd like to maintain a dark summer tan
year round, but really don't want to lie out in the snow and
the rain, come in and visit the folks at TAN IN PARADISE
and l e t t h e m h e l p y o u l o o k a n d f e e l y o u ’ r e a b s o l u t e
b e s t ! B e s u r e t o f i n d t h e m o n FACEBOOK for specials.
Located at 2478 Hwy. 6 & 50 in Grand Junction, phone 970-245-1111, TAN IN
PARADISE features safe tanning facilities for men and women. Keeping that summer
tan only takes minutes per week, and the professional tanning counselors at TAN IN
PARADISE will make sure that you get only the necessary amount of exposure in
accordance with your present tan or particular skin type. They have been named one
of the top 250 salons in the entire country for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Call
to make an appointment to get started on your tan. Walk-ins are welcome, and gift
certificates are available. They make an excellent gift idea for the person who has
everything.
So, if you always wanted to look like you've just returned from a fun filled vacation
in the sun, come in to TAN IN PARADISE and keep the winter blues away.
SunShine Painting
Locally Owned & Operated For Over 35 Years
For quality workmanship, quick services, and reasonable prices, call SUNSHINE
PAINTING at 970-260-6060 or visit www.sunshinepainting.net.
They are a licensed and insured contractor for all your painting needs. Whether it’s
your home or office that requires the master’s touch, you can rest assured; this firm
will do the best job in the shortest possible time with the least amount of inconvenience.
They offer their interior decorator for help in choosing a complementary color
scheme. Interior or exterior, "We’ll Paint it!"
At this special Holiday time, SUNSHINE PAINTING believes in supporting the community
and is committed to using their own talents and resources for the betterment of the
local region. This commitment has inspired them to participate in "Paint It Forward"
charity event. This year SUNSHINE PAINTING will select five groups or individuals
in need of interior painting services, and will donate up to $1000 in labor and materials
per project. For nomination forms go to www.sunshinepainting.net. Nominations
close Dec. 31. The writers of this 2011 Look At Business urge anyone needing the
BEST in residential or commercial painting to contact SUNSHINE PAINTING; we
know you’ll be glad you did.
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Wagon Wheel Restaurant
WAGON WHEEL RESTAURANT located at 10900 U.S. Hwy. 65 in Mesa, phone
970-268-5220, has been long regarded as one of the local residents favorite! This
fine restaurant features a complete menu with all of the traditional favorites and daily
specials. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, this is one restaurant where meals are
served hot, delicious and just the way you like them. Stop in today for a hot breakfast,
lunch or dinner and see if they can’t cook your food just the way you ordered it.
The reasonable prices and friendly service are a couple reasons that so many
families make dining at WAGON WHEEL RESTAURANT a regular habit. You can also
get any item on the menu prepared to go.
For fine food, fast service and reasonable prices, the writers of this 2011 Look At
Business take pride in suggesting WAGON WHEEL RESTAURANT to all of our
readers. Deanna and her staff thank all their friends and customers and join area
businesses in wishing everyone the Best for the Holidays.
Since 1970
Jerry & Myra O’Dwyer – Owners
Licensed & Bonded
Lic. #242
Recognized throughout the area as one of the leaders in
their field, O’DWYER ELECTRIC are specialists in all phases
of residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial
i n s t allations. With offices located at 353 27 1/2 R d . i n G r a n d J u n c t i o n , p h o n e
970-245-9185, this prominent firm can install, maintain or repair anything electrical!
No wonder business people and homeowners throughout the area contact O’DWYER
ELECTRIC when they need the best in electrical work and/or service.
If you own a home, an older commercial or agricultural building, or are planning to
build a new one soon, call O’DWYER ELECTRIC and they’ll come out to see what
you need in the way of new installations or rewiring of that existing structure. This
company is fully aware of all the requirements of the state and local building codes,
and will assist you in every way to bring your electrical service up to the standards
that the law requires. You can rest assured that the work will be done with everyone’s
safety in mind. Jerry and Myra personally thank their customers and wish everyone
Happy Holidays!
Miracle Method Surface Refinishing
Owned & Operated By Robert Klein
Has the sparkling finish on your bathtub gone down the drain? Is your tub hard to
keep clean, dull looking, stained or just the wrong color? If you think that you must
continue to endure this aggravating situation until you can totally remodel or replace
your fixtures, then, MIRACLE METHOD SURFACE REFINISHING has some good
news for you! With their exclusive method of restoration, they can turn your dulllooking tub into a gleaming, like-new fixture. MIRACLE METHOD SURFACE
REFINISHING’s resurfacing experts offer a written warranty for their service that can
be applied to porcelain and fiberglass tubs, sinks and showers as well as for tile and
countertops. This economic solution to a common problem uses the latest technology in
bathroom restoration. Thousands of colors are available to complement your decor and
you’ll find the rates charged by these fully insured professionals are very reasonable.
Located in Grand Junction, these craftsmen take pride in their quality work and have
many satisfied customers throughout the area. Call 970-462-3888 or 1-888-271-7690 or
visit www.miraclemethod.com for more information or for a free estimate. MIRACLE
METHOD SURFACE REFINISHING wishes everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday
Season!
Specializing In Synthetic Stucco Systems
Charles Hutchison – Owner
Custom application of ALL lathing, plastering and
stucco systems is available just by calling
QUALITY STUCCO WEST located at 387 Roberts Ct. in Grand Junction, phone
970-242-5769! As specialists in all phases of stucco and plastering, this outstanding
contractor has won the praise and approval of many homeowners and businesses in
the local area for the high quality of their work as well as their professional businesslike manner. They do commercial and residential work and have gained an enviable
reputation as being some of the best people for the job. Their list of satisfied customers
and their down-to-earth business policies serve as their best recommendation, and
their work speaks for itself!
We suggest that you contact QUALITY STUCCO WEST for any AND all of your
stucco and plastering needs! Charles and his crew appreciate your business and
wish everyone a Great Holiday Season!
Overpass Auto Repair
Family Owned & Operated By Louie, Sylvia, Roman & Joey Diaz
Since 1991
Se Habla Español
What do you look for in an auto repair shop? Efficiency? Friendliness? Realistic
prices? Well, OVERPASS AUTO REPAIR offers all of this and more! Located at 3356 1/2 F
Rd. (on the way to Palisade) in Clifton, phone 970-434-4390, this first-rate repair
shop can take care of your car and save you money doing it! They offer a free shuttle
service, years of experience and the right tools to make doing business with this
outstanding shop such a pleasure. OVERPASS AUTO REPAIR wants every customer
to know that their PERSONAL guarantee of satisfaction accompanies every job,
whether it be an oil change, overhaul, a computer diagnostic, 4x4, brake, driveline,
transmission or carburetor work.
OVERPASS AUTO REPAIR can handle any general maintenance and repairs on
imports and domestic vehicles that your car requires. They welcome fleet customers
for maintenance and repairs. Give this quality-conscious firm a try! Louie, Sylvia,
Roman, Joey, and staff thank all of their customers and friends and wish you a Safe
and Happy Holiday Season and the Very Best in 2012.
Locally Owned & Operated By Don Murray
Commercial * Residential * Structural Steel
When it comes to certified welding, see DON’S WELDING
LLC located at 869 18 1/2 Rd. in Fruita, phone 970-858-1083,
cell 970-260-0024 or FAX 970-858-4706. No job too big
or too small, in shop or mobile repair.
This fully equipped shop features welding for all types of metals and they are well
known as doing only the very finest work. When you bring a piece of equipment to
them for repairs, you can rest assured that the work will be done to your complete
satisfaction. They use only the very latest equipment, specializing in fabrication,
wrought iron gates, cast iron repairs, cast aluminum, fences, railing, oil field fabrication
and much more. If you have a special piece of equipment you are thinking of building,
bring the requirements to DON’S WELDING LLC and they will handle the job from
conception to completion. Industrial, automotive, agricultural and any other form of
equipment that requires the best in repair work requires DON’S WELDING LLC to get
the job done right.
T h e w r i t e r s o f t h i s 2 0 11 L o o k A t B u s i n e s s s u g g e s t t h a t y o u c o n t a c t D O N ’ S
WELDING LLC for your custom welding needs. Don thanks and wishes all his friends
and customers a Happy and Safe Holiday Season.
Las Marias Authentic
Mexican Family Restaurant
& Tamales To Go
Grand Junction Chrysler
Dodge Jeep Ram
With so many of the new models being similar in features and price, how does the
prospective new car buyer know WHICH vehicle is best for him? Well, as the saying
goes, "If you don't know cars...know who you buy from." In the Grand Junction area,
consumers are very fortunate in having dealer like GRAND JUNCTION CHRYSLER
DODGE JEEP RAM. Located at 2578 U.S. Hwy. 6 & 50, phone 970-245-3100, they
are your authorized dealer for famous Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram cars, trucks,
SUV’S and pre-owned vehicles. Besides offering a full line of quality automobiles,
t h i s co mmunity-minded dealership bases its su c c e s s o n a s i m p l e f a c t o f g o o d
business: KEEP the customer satisfied!
The business of customer satisfaction begins in the showroom and continues right
on through to their complete service department where skilled technicians and the
latest diagnostic test equipment assure you that your new or pre-owned Chrysler,
Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicle will "keep you satisfied" for many years to come!
Stop by GRAND JUNCTION CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM's showroom very
soon. We believe you'll be satisfied! Their team joins area businesses in wishing
everyone the Best of the Holidays!
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Clifton Post Office
Palisade Post Office
Fruita Post Office
American National Bank
Dolce Vita Lobby
Triple Play Records
Big J Jewelry & Loan
Blue Moon
Locally Owned & Operated By Maria Maestas
For authentic Mexican food, the people of this area visit LAS MARIAS AUTHENTIC
MEXICAN FAMILY RESTAURANT & TAMALES TO GO located at 2692 U.S. Hwy 50,
Ste. E in Grand Junction, phone 970-241-2398.
Through the efforts of the management to serve only true Mexican dishes with a
real flavor of the country, as well as interesting Mexican decor, this restaurant has
become a very popular eating place. They have captured the true tangy flavor of
Mexican dishes by using the exact spices and foods to prepare them.
Contrary to the belief that Mexican food is very hot, they serve all their dishes with
the hot sauce on the side, so that you can enjoy it the way you want. Bring the whole
family in for a truly great breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Be sure to ask about their
tamales to go. They are open Tues. – Sat., 6am – 9pm, and Sun., 6am – 3pm, closed
Mondays. They will be closed Dec. 24 at 2pm - Jan. 2nd, and will re-open Jan. 3,
2012 at 6am. Maria and her crew at LAS MARIAS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT
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Sonja’s Snuggables
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About four years ago.
What is the most popular animal with your customers?
That’s hard to say, as the elephant and the giraffe seem to be
tied in popularity right now.
How long does it take to make
one?
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hours.
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these little creatures?
I sell them on my Web site at
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Cooking with Trace
egg rolls or made the mixture to
roll. So I was flying blind... but I
had ingredients. I had elk steak, a
bag of pre-shredded coleslaw mix
(shredded cabbage and carrots,
no dressing), I had extra fresh carrot for more low calorie bulk, rice
wine vinegar, chicken base, wasabi
powder; and I had the drive to make
something tasty!
So I used my grill pan to sear the
elk to medium rare, and I set it aside
to rest. I added slaw veggies to the
hot pan with the juice from the elk
(mostly water, since there is so little
fat). As it was cooking down, I added 1 teaspoon chicken base (better
than bullion) to a 1 cup of hot water,
mixed thoroughly and added 1 tsp
wasabi powder (be careful—it can
be potent).
After it cooks down for a few
minutes and cabbage starts to soften, add a tablespoon of rice wine
vinegar to the mixture and continue
cooking until veggies look like sauerkraut.
Add the meat back in the mixture
and stir to combine. At this point, I let the meat cool
(actually I stored it in the refrigerator for a couple of days because of
my hectic week). Follow instructions on egg roll
wrappers to fill and roll. I used the process for baking
(brush with olive oil instead of
cooking spray). I flipped them over
about 10 minutes into the baking to
ensure that they would crisp up on
both sides.
I will make them again and I will
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sauce, maybe sesame oil... who
knows?
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I am experimenting with elk meat
to come up with new ideas for a
friend with abundance. I’ve added the ground meat to tacos, eggs,
quesadillas, etc. I cooked steaks
and sliced them, diced them—and
I enjoyed it all.
The meat is tender, mild flavored
and extremely low fat. Of all the red
meats, including beef, lamb, pork,
buffalo, white-tailed deer, mule deer
and elk, the elk is the highest in protein and lowest in fat.
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end—across the railroad tracks,
and adds a connection to I-70B
and North Avenue. 29 Road now
provides travelers a straight shot
from Orchard Mesa all the way to
Patterson Road.
The project consisted of:
• Approximately 3.7 miles of new
or reconstructed roadway;
• The main 871-foot long concrete
roadway bridge (consisting of seven
spans);
• A 322- foot-long concrete ramp
connecting to I-70B (consisting of
five spans);
• A five-lane urban arterial with
sidewalks and bike lanes;
• 377 individual steel piles with a
combined length of over 3.5 miles;
• Construction of 67,000 square
feet of retaining walls;
• Approximately 6,300 feet of
storm drain, sewer, and irrigation
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WHAT DID IT COST?
The 29 Road and I-70B Interchange
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Junction. The costs of the project
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HOO HAH! IS THAT PUMPKIN
My sister Babs
was characteristically tactful when
she called to tell
me what traditional delicacy
I should slave
for days preparing for the family
Christmas feast.
“Cut up some raw vegetables,”
she said, “and buy some dips.”
“Gee, if I have time left, can I do
anything else?” I inquired with just
a soupcon of sarcasm.
“Oh, yeah,” Babs said. “Give me
your recipe—assuming you used
one—for that turnip-horseradishbleu cheese soufflé thing you made
one year.”
“What year was that?” I perked
up, encouraged that Babs, an accomplished cook, had found one of my
dishes memorable.
“I can’t remember,” she hesitated.
“I may have blocked it out after we
took Grandma to the emergency
room that night.”
“Oh, HUH!” I shot back cleverly.
“There was never conclusive proof
my soufflé was responsible. Cousin
Herb had three helpings and no
complaints!”
“Herb has the palate and the
metabolism of a pot-belly stove.”
“Then why do you want the recipe?” I parlayed peevishly.
“Oh,” she brightened, “Mindy’s
making a Nativity scene for Sunday
school. I think your soufflé would
work as the crusted snow ground
cover.”
It’s been difficult maintaining any
culinary confidence in a family of
Cordon Bleu chefs who consider me
a Cord-Unplugged cook.
Mindful of my sensibilities,
however, no one brings up (in
my hearing, at least) my fateful
attempt to produce pumpkin pies
one Thanksgiving. Although it
Books
A Book Review for Young Readers
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
By Laini Taylor
By Jade Inks
Released September 27, 2011
Age Group:
Young Adult (12-18)
Book Source: Insider @ Library
Karou’s world is a place where
winged creatures roam the sky and
a chimaera named Brimstone collects all sorts of teeth for his mysterious necklaces. Brimstone’s teeth
will soon run out.
Karou is the ‘errand’ runner for
Brimstone; she does anything he
needs. Why? Because, although
Brimstone is a monster, he is all
Karou has known for family since
a young age. He is her family.
Who is Karou? She doesn’t know.
Her hair grows blue naturally from
the roots. She speaks many languages—languages of humans and
monsters alike. She fills sketchbooks
with dramatic drawings of monsters
that are real, but a secret for her to
keep. Karou is a mystery to herself
and to everyone else. But that is the
question she keeps getting asked.
Who is she? What is she?
When black, fiery handprints
begin appearing on doors and por-
happened years ago, I remember
how a hush fell on the gathering
as I served my pie. I’d never seen
25 people collectively hold their
breath—it sucked all the festive
ambience from the room! Finally,
the more adventuresome breathed
again. They picked warily at their
pie.
“Ah, what’s pumpkin pie without
lots of topping?” my brother Warren
boomed.
“Indeed—lots of topping!” Aunt
Bonnie agreed, wresting the Cool
Whip from her sobbing granddaughter.
Grandma patted my cheek. “I
never considered using whole
cloves and cinnamon sticks in a custard pie,” she smiled indulgently.
“It’s all from scratch,” I shrugged
modestly. “And I substituted winter
squash for the pumpkin.”
“Well, the lumps and strings give
it, uh, texture,” my sister allowed.
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tals all over the world, catastrophe
is expected. Karou doesn’t know
what it is or how to stop it. When
a wonderful stranger, Akiva, finds
Karou, Karou haunts him. He sees
beauty in her face. Together they
find hidden secrets, dangerous love
and, most of all, they discover who
she is. Whether Karou likes who she
is or not, together she and Akiva are
going to find out.
I thank my school’s wonderful
librarian, Mrs. Johnson. She let
me borrow the school’s copy of
this book before it was processed
because she knew how much I
wanted to read it. I appreciate her
kindness, and I hope she will do the
same in the future!
Daughter of Smoke and Bone has
been on my to-read list for quite
some time. I had hoped it would
fulfill my great expectations of this
new series. And, indeed, it did! It
surpassed my expectations! This
new fantastical world of mythological creatures twisted my mind and
gave me joy. This book was beyond
wonderful.
I loved the voice that Laini Taylor
incorporated into this book. Her
writing was great; her style told
the story and just sucked me in—I
could not put it down. This mystery
is one of the best books I have read
ever. I cannot wait for the sequel!
Karou is definitely going on my
list of book characters I would
want for a best friend, right next to
Katniss from The Hunger Games and
Mara Dyer from The Unbecoming
of Mara Dyer. Karou was unlike
any character I have ever ‘met.’
Her stubbornness and capability
were so endearing and awesome
to watch unravel throughout the
book. Karou definitely grew as a
character throughout the book, and
it made her even more enticing at
the end.
The thing I enjoyed most was
the unpredictability of this entire
story. Just as soon as you started
thinking you knew what came
next, Laini Taylor just flipped you
around, and you landed on your
head. Sometimes unpredictability
in a book can be annoying and irritating, but this accomplished the
opposite—it encouraged me to continue reading.
Laini Taylor does a fantastic job of
snagging the reader right away and
leaving the reader wanting more at
the end. It’s definitely a book you
NEED to read! I can’t wait for the
sequel. Some writers just cannot
write fast enough!
“Shaken, not stirred!”
“I know a fool-proof recipe—no
offense,” Liz enthused. “Just host a
Tupperware piecrust party!”
I did. Ten pie-makers and I
watched as Liz plied her wares
in my kitchen. Her patter was as
bright and slick as the plastics she
employed to tidily measure, mix,
roll, size and shape her easy-mix
foolproof dough.
But scarcely into her demonstration, Liz’s hair knotted on her dewy
forehead.
“For heaven’s sake, this won’t
hold together,” she giggled nervously. “I’ll just mix it a bit more.”
When her arms sagged limply,
Liz whiffed strings of hair out of
her eyes, pounded dough boulders
together, and rolled them out. “Oh
dear,” she whined, ”it’s sticking to
my patented pastry sheet!”
She continued laboring. “Well!”
she huffed. “This crust never ripped
before!”
An impish grin played on my
sister Babs’ lips. “Liz,” she asked,
“does Tupperware make any amulets in decorator plastic? Anything
to ward off hexes and jinxes?”
“Let me see—” Liz frowned,
distracted. Sloughing dried dough
from shaking hands, she rummaged
through counter debris for a catalog.
“Sis,” Babs chuckled as she turned
to me, “stick with Tupperware—buy
bowls for storing and serving cut
vegetables and dips.”
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“Too bad I just started this darned
diet!”
“How did you make the crust?”
sister-in-law Gracie asked as she
realigned the tines on her fork.
“I used your recipe,” I beamed.
Glances ricocheted around the
room. Gracie couldn’t stifle a convulsive shudder. Gradually whitestreaked wedges of picked-at pie
piled up at the sink. My sisters had
me ramrod a game for the kids
downstairs, and they disposed of
the remains. Downstairs, I heard
the disposal rumble, devouring my
offering….
I don’t know when I lost what
little knack I’d ever claimed with
piecrust. I do recall my son Newt,
age six or so, requesting I whip up
a batch to resole his sneakers. “Kill
him, Mom,” his older brother Dev
had suggested hopefully. I made
a show of deliberation. “Naw,” I
declared finally, “it was too much
trouble having him.”
Besides, Newt was right: My
piecrust had edged past edible years
before. But after that incident, I
exhausted every recipe I could find,
finagle or fabricate. One resembled
Ninja Turtle Mutant Ooze; another
pebbled like road-base; still another
was decidedly Flubber-ish.
“What’s the secret of piecrust,
Liz?” I blubbered on the Tupperware
lady’s shoulder. “Women give their
piecrust the same snotty reverence
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NO REGRETS, THOUGH…
I used to say that I have no
regrets.
I’d say this as often as the situation allowed. Or, if the situation
didn’t allow, I’d create a situation
that did, just so I could say it. Not
always easy, but always worth it.
Because there’s something so
enlightened about not having
regrets, isn’t there? Something just a
little bit evolved-er-than-thou. That
rare alignment of Zen and smug. “Wow,” people would (surely)
think. “This guy has no regrets. I
wish I could be more like him.” And the thing is, I actually
believed it. I sincerely felt that, in
the scope of my life, there was nothing that I regretted. Sure, there were
things that I could have done differently, situations I’d have preferred
to avoid—or embrace, moments
where the “diem” could have been
more passionately “carped;” but in
each instance, I can see how they
all eventually led to something better. Kind of a “what don’t kill you
makes you stronger” concept, only
without sounding so much like a
country music lyric.
And it’s not like I’ve lived a sheltered life, either. No, I’ve had real,
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But then, just last week, something happened.
We’re making our weekly trip
to Home Depot, armed with a list
of stuff we need to buy in order
to move ahead on our neverending home renovation project. (Do I
regret buying a house that needs far
more work than I ever imagined?
Ha! What do you think?) It’s a twohour round trip drive; and, once
you get inside Home Depot, time
expands, so it’ll be at least six hours
later when we finally get home.
We’ve gotten a bit of a late start, and
we have other things to get to today,
so...focused, efficient, productive...
that’s what we’re shooting for.
Our big left turn happens at this
quirky little intersection in the town
of Delta CO. On one corner is the
pot store. On the other is an out-of-
business gas station. Apparently it’s
possible to stay in business selling
pot, but not selling gasoline. The gas
station’s abandoned pump area has
become an unofficial swap meet/
craft fair lot.
Birdhouses have dominated this
corner for the past few weeks. An
older man has a little trailer parked
there, with folding tables set up
along each street, each of them
laden with birdhouses of varying
sizes, styles and colors. There’s a
little sandwich board set up right
by the road—“Grandpa’s Hobby
Hut.” And I have to say, it’s just
downright, down-home adorable. We always look forward to a
Grandpa sighting on our trips to Big
Box Village.
Last week, Grandpa had decided to do some multi-tasking. In
between helping customers, he was
painting “Grandpa’s Hobby Hut”
in big, bold, all-caps on the side of
his trailer. I caught the green light,
so I was turning left when Christina
pointed it out to me.
“It says ‘GRANDPA’S HO’ on his
trailer.”
I glanced over my shoulder as I
completed the turn. Omigod! He’s
just putting the finishing touches on
the “O.” There’s an old man painting “GRANDPA’S HO” on the side
of a trailer. This is pretty much the
moment my whole life has led up
to! Can you imagine the Facebook
response once I make this my profile
photo? It’ll totally go viral! And all I
have to do is turn around, make the
block, and snap a picture.
But, at each opportunity, I hesitate, putting on my blinker and
switching it off again. On kind of a
tight schedule, after all. Got a house
to fix up. Need to have a place to,
you know, live this winter. Should
keep moving—shopping to do—
stay on task. Gotta be responsible.
Gotta grow up some time.
Soon, I’d passed the point of no
return. Turning around here would
just be a waste. Anyway, it’s probably “GRANDPA’S HOB” by now,
which is of no use to me.
I kept driving, leaving Grandpa
to the undocumented painting of
his trailer.
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When it came time to
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Path of Totality, the review was
writing itself in my mind before
the music even started...
“After a few good releases in
the mid- and late-nineties (and a
handful of mildly average releases
since) Bakersfield, California’s Korn
is back with its tenth studio album
blah, blah, blah...
As leaders of the American ‘numetal’ scene, the band has trudged
along for almost two decades blah,
blah blah...
Korn seems to have lost its way
over the last few albums, as the
members’ nu-metal sound has slowly evolved into boring, unlistenable
blah, blah, blah....”
And so on and so forth.
The band has been
traveling a downward
spiral, from this analyst’s
perspective, for years, as
review after review has
scathed the band for resting on its laurels, failing to
grow musically and leveling out as a band. I agree
with most of this rhetoric, as Korn has become
more of a disappointment
and less of the driving
force behind nu-metal it
once was. Long gone are the days
of “A.D.I.D.A.S.” and “Freak on a
Leash,” but considering the band
at least USED to be good, I gave the
record the obligatory listen.
Maybe the band members finally listened to the critics, or came
to the realization that they had
become pretty stale. Whatever it
was, Korn has simply changed the
game again by creating an album
filled with catchy hooks, strong lyrics, and, believe it or not, a heavy
dubstep element.
That’s right. Dubstep.
The electronic/industrial/dance
craze that is infecting today’s youth
has found its way to the Korn camp,
but before you accuse the band of
Tunes
Korn returns with a whole new bite!
cashing in on the latest trend in an
attempt to regain relevancy, think it
through. Jonathan Davis claims the
band has been doing it all along.
“We were dubstep before there was
dubstep,” states Davis. “Tempos at
140 with half-time drums, huge bassedout riffs. We used to bring out 120 subwoofers and line them across the whole
front of the stage, 60 subs per side. We
were all about the bass.”
The singer also praised the younger fans of his band for embracing
its new sound, but hit out at ‘oldschool metalheads’ who were being
dismissive of it.
He added: “These kids are onto
something completely innovative and
new. It’s pure and awesome and underground and heavy and different, not like
stale-ass metal and rock’n’roll. I love
them all, but the old-school metalheads
are not open to change.”
Wi t h t h e h e l p o f d u b s t e p
gurus Skrillex, Noisia, Downlink and
others, the band has put together a
potentially ground-breaking album
yet again, filled with effects and
dance beats that just may bring
Korn back to the forefront of modern metal. You can’t really call it numetal anymore, but it is definitely
‘new.’
The time was right for a change,
and I found the new album energetic and refreshing. I also credit the
band for taking the chance on something different. They knew from
the get-go that they were bound to
alienate a few fans along
the way, yet decided to do
it anyway—a reminder of
the aggressive attitude the
band once had and appears
to have found once again.
The featured producers are all on point here,
but the stand-out effort
belongs to newcomer
Skrillex. His contributions
to the tracks “Chaos Lives
in Everything,” Narcissistic
Cannibal,” and “Get
Up” take the album over
the top; they are pounding dubstep
anthems.
Where the album excels most,
though, is in the fact that it still is
a Korn record. Beneath all the bleeps
and bloops, the listener is still well
aware of exactly the band they are
hearing. Davis’ voice is as haunting as ever, and there is no mistaking James “Munky” Shaffer’s guitars and Fieldy’s bass. If anything,
the band is playing better than ever
with a renewed spirit both musically and lyrically—both of which
have been missing of late.
Apparently, you CAN teach an
old dog new tricks, and—regardless
of what you read elsewhere—this
pooch just got its bite back.
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TICKET OUTLETS: online at
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Grand Junction: Roper Music
Montrose: Pavilion.
Paonia: Farm & Home
TICKETS, Montrose & Grand Junction:
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Santa attire! 254-3866.
10 Dec-Book Signing w/Nick
Streza, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 2-4pm. 243-5113.
10 Dec-“Common Ski-related
Injuries,” Dr. Huang, free, 11am,
Fruita community Center, 324 N.
Coulson, Fruita. Part of free winter
series sponsored by Fruita & Family
Health West. 858-0360.
10 Dec-Two Rivers Sams Chapter
Good Sam RV Club. For time & location, call 523-5625 or 248-9846.
10 Dec-Wine-tasting & Music at
KAFM, 6:30-9pm, 1310 Ute. $12/
person; $20/couple. Mesa County
wines, music by Project Groove.
241-8801 x201.
10-11 Dec-Parents’ Night Out
& Shopping Day. Seniors invite
parents to leave their kids at first
annual Parents’ Holiday Shopping
Night at FCC. Sat 6:30-10pm, Sun
1-4:30pm. Your kids enjoy great
meal, games, crafts. $10 ($10 each
additional child, aged 5-12 years),
Fruita Community Center, 324 N.
Coulson. 858-0360.
10 Dec-2 Jan, 2012-Cross Orchards
23rd annual Christmas Train Show,
four weekends Dec 10 thru Jan 1,
10am-4pm. $1 kids under 12; $4
adult; $7 family. Cross Orchards,
3073 Patterson (F Road). 242-0971.
11 Dec-CMU Holiday Concert,
3pm, Robinson Theater, CMU.
$10/$8/$5. 248-1604.
11 Dec-City of GJ Kool Kruise,
show times 4:30 or 7pm. Choose
your lights tour 5:30pm, 6:30pm,
7:30pm, Avalon Theater, 645 Main.
Watch “Santa Clause” at Avalon,
visit Santa, then let us drive you
to see best Christmas lights in GJ.
254-3866. $5 advance, $7 at door.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by adult. Get tickets early to
guarantee your bus time.
12 Dec-Moscow Ballet’s
“Nutcracker,” 1pm, Avalon Theater,
645 Main. A Christmas tradition and
visual feast that creates lifelong
memories for the whole family! 40
beautiful Russian dancers and set
to Tchaikovsky’s famous music, this
holiday favorite features 200 lavish
costumes, larger-than-life puppets
and 9 hand-painted backdrops with
3-D effects! 263-5700.
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Bookfair, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 9am-10pm. 243-5113.
13 Dec-CO West Quilters Bed
Turning and Drawing for Quilt,
Barnes & Noble, 2451 Patterson,
7pm. 243-5113.
13 Dec-Dinner & a Movie, Meet
Me in St. Louis, 7:15pm, Avalon
Theater, 645 Main. Free with downtown dinner receipt; $5 without.
263-5700.
14 Dec-Desert West Chapter EGA
Embroidery Demos and Bookfair,
Barnes & Noble, 2451 Patterson,
9am-10pm. 243-5113.
14 Dec-“Christmas Story” at the
Avalon, 3pm, $5. Classic movie
of Ralphie wanting a BB gun! 645
Main. 263-5700.
14 Dec-Poetry Night, 6-8pm,
Central Library, 530 Grand, Grand
Junction. Free! Featured poet:
Marvin Bell. Study others’ poetry;
bring your own to share! 243-4442.
14-15 Dec-Tour of GJ lights; preregistration required: 858-0360. Meet
and return to Fruita Community
Center.
15 Dec-Royal Ballet’s Sleeping
Beauty, 12:30pm (encore Jan 10,
7pm), from Royal Opera House in
London, England. See at Carmike
Cinema, 590 24.5 Road. 243-7118.
15 Dec-Sunset Slope Quilters
Quilts for All Seasons. Demos and
Bookfair, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 9am-10pm. 243-5113.
16 Dec-“Mosaics: Where Ballet,
Jazz, Hip-hop & Music come
Together, Absolute Dance of GJ
production featuring performances by student dancers in the
pre-professional performances by
Absolute Dance companies and
singer/songwriter Destinee Reed,
7:30pm, CMU’s Robinson Theater,
with encore 2pm Saturday, 17 Dec.
$6/child, $8 students/seniors, $10
adults. Tickets $3 more at door. 2558322 or email office@absolutedancegj.com. For more info, visit http://
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16 Dec-Chocolate Walk, 5:309pm, meet at Enstrom Candies, 701
Colorado. Walking tour of historic
Main Street featuring Art on the
Corner. 254-3866.
16 Dec-Michael Ronstadt, magical musician, 7pm, KAFM Radio
Room, 1310 Ute. 241-8801.
16 Dec-Behind Scenes Tour
Museum of the West, 462 Ute,
5:30pm. No registration required:
$5. 242-0971.
16-17 Dec-CMU Mosaics: “Ballet,
Jazz, Hip-Hop and Music Come
Together,” Robinson Theater,
CMU. Dec 16: 7:30pm; Dec 17: 2pm.
Absolute Dance and special guests.
255-8322.
17 Dec-Fruita’s Hometown
Christmas, all day, downtown
Fruita! 858-8373 or 858-3894.
17 Dec-Talk and Book Signing w/
David Soucie, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 2-4pm. 243-5113.
17 Dec-Texas Tenors, 7:30pm,
GJHS Auditorium. GJ Symphony
Holiday Pops with finalists of
Season 4 America’s Got Talent!
$15, $20, $25, $35; $5 students. 2436787.
18 Dec-Miracle on Hope Street,
a Christmas play, 7pm, Fruita
Christian Church, 208 N. Maple,
Fruita. (970) 309-1545.
19 Dec-Senior Mystery Night,
dress your part or be guest and
solve mystery. Snacks; preregistration required, deadline 12 Dec: 8580360. $10.
20 Dec-Dinner & a Movie, It’s
a Wonderful Life, 7:15pm, Avalon
Theater, 645 Main. Free with downtown dinner receipt; $5 without.
263-5700.
21 Dec-Mystery Book Club discusses Shakespeare’s Christmas by
Charlaine Harris, Barnes & Noble,
2451 Patterson, 7pm, 243-5113.
21 Dec-Fruita Christian Church
presents Nashville Christian
Country Recording Artist Nichole
Hope, 7pm, Fruita Christian Church,
208 N. Maple St., Fruita. Info: Karen
Gold, (970) 309-1545.
21-22 Dec-“Jacob Marley’s
Christmas Carol,” Avalon Theater,
645 Main. Dec 21: 7:30pm; Dec 22:
2pm & 7pm. $20 at door; $15 prepurchase online westerncolorado.
com or phone 877-434-8497. 2635700.
23 Dec-Michael Martin Murphy
Concert, 7pm, Avalon Theater,
645 Main. All seats reserved:
$22/$25/$35. Cowboy Christmas
Live! 263-5700.
27 Dec-George Winston in
Concert, 7:30pm, Chateau at Two
Rivers Winery, 2087 Broadway. $35
at GJ & Fruita City Markets, Back
Porch Music or charge by phone,
243-8497. Please bring canned food
item for donation to local food bank.
Limited tickets! 243-8497.
27 Dec-Dinner & a Movie, Gone
with the Wind, 7:15pm, Avalon
Theater, 645 Main. Free with downtown dinner receipt; $5 without.
263-5700.
28 Dec-American Girl Club,
4:30pm, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 243-5113.
29 Dec-NOOK Club, Barnes &
Noble, 2451 Patterson, 6-8pm, 2435113.
30 Dec-NOOK Club, Barnes &
Noble, 2451 Patterson, 6-8pm, 2435113.
31 Dec-New Year ’s Eve Party,
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31 Dec & 7 Jan, 2012-High Desert
Opera presents “Camelot!” 7pm,
Avalon Theater, 645 Main. Reserved
seating only: $39, $29, $19 senior
& youth; $10 bargain seats. Either
night tickets at Roper Music or
online at highdesertopera.org. 5239605.
31 Dec-New Year’s Eve Party, 50th
Anniversary of the TWIST, 7pm1am, Allen Unique Autos, 2285
River Road. Chubby Checker, Tres
Equis & papa Rocket perform! 2637410.
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Thru 27 Jan-“Outsiders look
inside Art,” exhibition. Reception
2 Dec, 7-9pm, Art Center, 1803 N.
Seventh. Women artists travel, paint
and hang out together. 243-7337.
1-15 Dec-Jake Allee Art Exhibit,
CMU Art Gallery, College Center.
Gallery: 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday.
248-1833.
2 Dec-27 Jan-Journeys in Clay &
Applique Quits, Ceramics Artist-inResidence Terry Shepherd & Quilt
Collectors Angela & Henry Hite.
Reception 2 Dec, 7-9pm, gallery
talk 6:30pm. Art Center, 1803 N.
Seventh. 243-7337.
8 Dec-Nisley Elementary
Bookfair, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 9am-10pm. 243-5113.
8 Dec-Nisley Elementary Choir
Concert, Cowboy Christmas
Storytime, and Santa! Barnes &
Noble, 2451 Patterson, 4-8pm. 2435113.
9 Dec-Mesa View Elementary
Bookfair, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 9am-10pm. 243-5113.
9 Dec-Senior Social Night & Cookoff, FREE. Amateur cooks invited to
submit baked goods for this! Entry
forms available at FCC front desk.
Social begins at 5pm for FREE tasting, judging baked goods. Social
activities follow, Fruita Community
Center, 324 N. Coulson. 858-0360.
9 Dec-Lit & Lattes Book Club
discusses Raven Stole the Moon by
Garth Stein, Barnes & Noble, 2451
Patterson, 10am, 243-5113.
9 Dec-Mesa View Elementary
ThinkFun Game Night, Barnes &
Noble, 2451 Patterson, 7-8:30pm.
243-5113.
9 Dec-Polar Express Storytime,
Barnes & Noble, 2451 Patterson,
7pm. 243-5113.
9 Dec-Spirit of Christmas Walk,
Main Street, downtown Grand
Junction—totally free and a great
time to meet in person and experience the talents of many local
performers and entertainers. Sooo
many ways to share an old-fashioned Christmas with friends old
and new. 241-9484 or 245-9697.
9 Dec-Oakley Gallery grand opening, 5:30-9pm (Spirit of Christmas
Walk), Sixth & Main. More than
40 artists ranging from sculpture,
ceramics and glass to oils, watercolors, encaustics. Meet artists—shop!
D. J. Janowski: 254-1797.
9-10 Dec-Peppermint Patch
Arts & Crafts, Show of the Season,
Montrose Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall,
free admission! Dec 9: 3-7pm; Dec
10: 9am-4pm. Country Cottage
Promotions: 970-210-4030.
9-10 Dec-“Amahl & the Night
Visitors,” 7:30pm, Moss Performing
arts Center Recital Hall, CMU. Call
for tickets: 243-6787 or order online
at gjsymphony.org. 243-6787, westerncoloradochorale.org.
9-10 Dec-“Fall for Dance,” 7:30pm
both evenings (Dec 10 matinee 2pm),
CMU Robinson Theater. $12 adults,
$8 seniors, $6 students. 248-1604.
9 - 11 D e c - O l d e - F a s h i o n e d
Christmas at Palisade. Many
events over three days in the biggest Christmas celebration in the
Grand Valley!
10 Dec-Dinosaur Journey’s
Breakfast with Santa, 9am, Dinosaur
Journey, 550 Jurassic Ct, Fruita.
Preregistration required: $8/person includes admission to Dinosaur
Journey, breakfast, entertainment &
giftbag. Call 242-0971.
10 Dec-City of GJ Jingle Bell Run,
8am, Canyon View Park Baseball
Shelter. 5K run begins 9am, with
Kids’ 1K following at 10am. Preregistration fees $20/$15 respectively; $25 day of run. Participants get
long-sleeved T-shirt, race goodies—
come with bells on and your best
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Band Profile...Trez Equis
Name: Trez Equis
Age: 2 years
Occupation: Riding shotgun
Hobbies: Your sister
Family: none ya.
Favorite
Restaurant: Mexican
Goals: To rock! When did your band Trez
Equis form?
The band formed in February
of 2009.
How complicated was it
to establish which songs you
would be performing?
Tom: It was not that difficult.
We decided early on to play all
the hits and include our personal
favorites. It’s a bit difficult to go
wrong with ZZ Top supplying
the material.
How much rehearsal was
required before you played your
first gig?
Ric: We rehearsed for nearly
Who is in the band?
“Musty Swill“ AKA Tom a year before we played our
Spehar, “Frank Lee Weird“ AKA first gig, which was opening
Jimmy Williamson and “Frilly for Johnny Winter at the Mesa
Ribbons, The Reverend Frilly Theater and Club. We were
determined to do the best tribute
G-String“ AKA Ric Scott
we could pull off. We worked to
Who came up with the idea to learn the tunes and the tones.
Then came the look and steps.
form a ZZ Top tribute band?
Ric: The idea was Tom’s. He It was a process.
Tom: We quickly realized just
and Jim were talking about a
how
fantastic these musicians
4-piece ZZ Top tribute that had
were,
and exactly what they
a separate lead singer and how
were
doing
and how they were
so wrong that was.
doing
it.
It
was
quite the learning
Tom: I said I had played in the
experience.
past with a guitar player who
did some ZZ Top songs. Thus,
Where have you performed
the idea was sprung. Since Ric
since
the band started?
and I had covered some ZZ Top
Jim:
We’ve performed in
tunes in the past, it seemed a
California,
Arizona, Oklahoma
natural. Jim came up with the
and
Colorado.
We had the
name, Trez Equis, which is Triple
pleasure
of
playing
The Orange
X in Spanish.
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Fest in California, and the
Midnight Oasis Car Show in
Yuma AZ, and at Ute Mountain
here in Colorado. These are
stellar venues.
How have crowds responded
so far?
Tom: The crowds have been
awesome! Thousands were
present for all of those shows.
Everyone, it seems, likes ZZ
Top’s music. Everyone was
rocking! The meet-and-greets
before and after the shows
were lasting an hour or more.
Everyone wanted a photo with
the band.
I checked out your Web site,
trezequis.com; it’s excellent.
When I watched the video, I
had no idea it was a tribute
band. Where did you shoot the
video?
Jim: It was shot and recorded
at Live Rock Studios in Torrance
CA by Mark Ludmer and his
crew. All the music and video
were recorded as it happened
without overdubs. Mark has
some sweet production out
there. It took all of 53 minutes
to shoot and record.
What did it take to nail the
look of ZZ TOP?
Tom: ZZ Top is very stylish.
They always look good. The
beards were the easy part. The
wardrobe, instruments and
OFF
XXX (TrezEquis)
www.trezequis.com
choreography
were
the toughest
Booking Info: George Gosling, Tabletop Productions
parts
get.
Ph. to
(775)-267-6770
Website: Tabletop-pro.com
Jim: The visuals are always
evolving because the band has
had so many looks over the last
40 years. We want to add as
many looks from different eras
of the band as we can.
Ric: I was really puzzled how
I was going to find a nudu, the
hat that Billy Gibbons wears.
I got lucky on that one. The
only place you can find one is
in Cameroon. I found one at a
thrift store!
Trez Equis is performing at
Allen’s Unique Autos on New
Year ’s Eve, along with the
Fabulous Chubby Checker.
2011
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of
the TWIST! Chubby Checker will
be performing live December 31,
New Year’s Eve, 7pm-1am, at Allen
Unique Autos, 2285 River Road.
Tres Equis & Papa Rocket will also
perform! For information on tickets
and reservations, call 263-7410. It
will be a rousing good time, so get
your Twist muscles moving again!
Chubby Checker was born Ernest
Evans in Spring Gulley, South
Carolina, but grew up in South
Philadelphia with his parents
and two brothers. When he
was a boy, his mother took him
to see Sugar Child Robinson,
a child piano prodigy and
famous country singer Ernest
Tubb. Young Evans vowed to
someday enter show business
and took his first step toward
that goal by forming a streetcorner harmony group when
he was only 11.
By the time he entered high
school, Ernest played piano at
Settlement Music School and
did some vocal impressions. He
also went to South Philadelphia
High School with his friend
Fabian Forte, who would have
show business success of his
own. After school, Chubby
would sing and crack jokes at
his various jobs, including Fresh
Farm Poultry and the Produce
Market. It was Ernest’s boss
at the Produce Market, who gave
Ernest the nickname “Chubby.”
The owner of Fresh Farm Poultry
began showing off his employee to
customers through a loud speaker. He and a friend arranged for
Chubby to do a private recording
for Dick Clark, a Yuletide novelty
tune called “Jingle Bells,” on which
Chubby did several impressions of
top recording stars. Dick Clark sent
it out as a Christmas greeting to
friends and associates in the music
business. Cameo-Parkway liked
it so much that they wrote a song
called “The Class,” and it became
Chubby’s first hit in early 1959.
In June of 1959, Chubby recorded
“The Twist.” Bernie Lowe, president
of Cameo Parkway records was not
initially impressed with Chubby’s
recording and felt it may be a “B”
side, at best. However, Chubby felt
“The Twist” was something special
and undertook non-stop rounds of
TV dates, interviews and live performances promoting the record.
Fourteen months later, in the summer of 1960, “The Twist” was a
hit.
“The Twist” was not only the
#1 song, but it introduced the concept of “dancing apart to the beat.”
Over the next few years, endless
songs incorporating “The Twist”
into its name sprang up, such as
“Peppermint Twist,” “Twist and
Shout” and “Twistin’ the Night
Away.” Each new song brought a
new dance involving “dancing apart
to the beat,” such as “The Jerk,”
“The Hully Gully,” “The Boogaloo”
and “The Shake.” At the forefront
was Chubby with “The Fly,” “The
Pony” and “The Hucklebuck.”
The next few years were prolific
for Chubby as hit followed hit.
In between recording and touring, Chubby added feature films
to his portfolio with the releases
of “Don’t Knock the Twist” and
“Twist Around the Clock.”
In the fall of 1961, record
industry history was made
when Checker ’s original hit
record “The Twist” re-entered
the charts, and by January 1962,
it was back in #1 position. No
other record before or since
has accomplished that feat.
Combining its 1960 run with
its 1961/62 return, “The Twist”
spent an amazing nine months
total on U. S. bestseller charts.
Chubby Checker merchandise
was everywhere. His success
continued for years. “Let’s Twist
Again” won him a Grammy for
Best Rock Performance.
While hits kept coming, the
highlight of 1964 was Chubby’s
marriage to Catharina Lodders,
Miss World 1962.
By 1988, Chubby demonstrated extreme musical diversity by
recording a very different “Yo
Twist” with the Fat Boys. This song
went to #14 on the charts. In 2000,
Chubby branched out into the snack
food business commemorating 40
years of “The Twist” with Chocolate
Checker Bars, Beef Jerky, Hot Dogs,
and Popcorn, all to be washed down
with Girl of the World Water (dedicated to his wife).
High Desert Opera to present Camelot!
High Desert Opera will present the Lerner & Loewe musical masterpiece Camelot at the Avalon Theater at
their 9th annual New Year’s Eve gala. Based on T.H. White’s immortal tale of King Arthur and all the knights
of the Round Table, this Tony Award winning musical is a perfect way to bring in the New Year.
Return with us to Camelot, the mythical, magical kingdom, and relive the legend in this fully staged adventure through medieval England—a tragic love story, a tale of chivalric heroism, the eternal struggle of good
against evil.
This is an all-star Grand Valley cast: Richard Cowden as King Arthur, Rebecca Weitzel as Lady Guenevere,
Christopher McKim as Lancelot, Lee Borden as King Pellinore, James Werner as Merlin the Magician, Trevor
Adams as Mordred, and Carlene Goldthwaite as Morgan Le Fay.
Performances are 7:30pm New Year’s Eve, December 31, and Saturday, January 7, at the Avalon Theater.
Ticket prices range from $39 to $10 and are available online at highdesertopera.org, or at Roper Music, or by
phoning 970-523-9605 between the hours 10am-3pm Monday through Friday.
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Chubby Checker TWISTS
at Allen Antique Auto Museum
New Year’s Eve!
The Limbo Rock Remix and The
Original Master of The Dance Hall
Beat, released in 2004, became top
5 Disney Radio hits and a favorite
of DJs with its ability to bring audiences onto the dance floor. A new
generation of Chubby Checker fans
were born.
In 2007, Chubby returned to the
charts yet again with “Knock Down
The Walls”, Billboards #1 dance
track.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
Cleveland, Ohio rewarded Chubby
in July 2008 with a special award.
Chubby thrilled a fervent crowd by
performing his hits, new and old, to
the delight of everyone.
In 2009, Chubby toured abroad.
In the 50th anniversary year
of The Twist, special ceremonies
took place in front of City Hall in
Philadelphia and Wildwood, N.J.
and there was a Chubby Checker
cruise in May 2011.
What keeps this artist going? “It’s
the fans,” Chubby said. The energy
I get from singing and dancing with
all these people over the years is
unlike anything else I experience. I
never want it to end.”
Neither do we.
Chubby Checker—Check the
Facts: He is:
• the only artist to have 5 albums
in the Top 12 at once.
• the only artist to have a song be
#1 twice - “The Twist.”
• the only artist to have 9 doublesided record hits.
• the man who changed the way
we dance to the beat.
Saturday, December 31st
Doors at 7:00 pm
Grab your bobby socks and poodle skirt and get ready for an unforgettable New Year’s Eve bash with
a live performance by the legendary creator of the twist – Chubby
Checker.
This exclusive celebration has
limited space, so purchase your
tickets online now for:
* Music by opening acts Papa
Rocket and Trez Equis
* Twist contest judged by Chubby
Checker
* Prizes
* Meet and greet with Chubby
Checker
* Champagne toast at midnight
* Hors d’oeuvres by Cowboy &
the Rose
* Cash bars
* Photo booth
* Allen Unique Autos museum
tours
Tickets ordered online are available for pickup at 2285 River Road
Grand Junction even on the night
of the event. Please bring your
receipt.
Questions? Call 970.208.8171
www.allenuniqueautos.com
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WORK ON NEW ALBUM BEGINS. SHORT TOUR IN DECEMBER
Although the Young Dubliners are deep into writing and recording their ninth studio album they have
allowed themselves a brief break in the process to play a few gigs in December. November has been set aside to
concentrate on the new recording, which is not easy for a
band that spends most of its life on the road. “We just find
it very hard to write when we are constantly moving so
every few years we have to lock ourselves away and focus
exclusively on writing new material” says Keith Roberts,
frontman for the group. “What made it fun and refreshing
is when we realized how many song ideas we had, now we
are all excited to get these songs done and out there.”
The song writing process has become more and more
collaborative for the band with each album. “Knowing
each others strengths from playing and writing together
for so long has played a big part in allowing each song to
develop more quickly.” Its one of the unusual cases where
too many chefs actually improves the broth!”
The few December dates allow the band to air out some
of the new material but also to remind them what is most
important to them, playing to an audience. “At the end of
the day its all about performing for us. When you play over
150 shows a year its hard to suddenly stop for too long of
a time. Hitting some of our favorite haunts will keep the
blood flowing and give us some useful feedback on the
new material.”
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Community
Spirit of Christmas Walk,
downtown Grand Junction,
December 9, 5:30-9pm
This year’s 16th Annual Spirit
of Christmas Walk will be the largest and most varied collection of
entertainers for a single event on
the Western Slope! Organizers are
expecting 300+ entertainers roving
and performing on Downtown’s
beautiful “new look” Main Street
and inside Downtown’s unique
retail shops.
Performing will be a very wide
range of musicians, barbershop
quartets, choirs, clowns, poets,
and theater and dance groups.
And of course, Santa Claus will
be there again, along with horsedrawn carriage rides.
This old-fashioned warm and
fuzzy event is totally free and is
an opportunity to enjoy many different performers all in one evening. The event runs 5:30-9pm on
Friday, December 9. The down-
town shops will be open serving
hot drinks and treats and to act
as venues for your holiday performers.
For more information, call Mark
Smith at Main Street Bagels, 2419484, or Kathy Dirks with the
DDA at 245-9697.
Business Women’s Network
Holiday Luncheon, Glenwood
Springs, December 16, 11:30am1pm at Grand Restaurant, 720
Grand Avenue, inside The King
Mall.
The Business Women’s Network
Holiday Luncheon features a
presentation by photographer
and motivational speaker, Dick
IRISH THUNDER music and dance show
with FEAST and Champion Irish Dance Duo
Presented by Western Slope Concert Series and directors Tyme and Kathryn Mientka, this exciting Celtic
music and dance show appears in three concerts: on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7:30pm at the Montrose Pavilion;
Friday, Jan. 13 at 7:30pm at the Avalon Theater in Grand Junction; and Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7:30pm at
Glenwood Springs High School. Tickets are available online at JunctionConcerts.com, and Roper Music in
Grand Junction, Paonia Farm & Home, and the Montrose Pavilion. All seats are reserved, and start at $26
in advance and $29 at the door for the Montrose and Grand Junction shows; and $19 in advance and $22 at
the door for the Glenwood Springs show.
The Celtic band FEAST returns with an explosive all-new show with champion Celtic dancers—and lots
of surprises! Virtuoso temperaments and symphonic textures characterize the awesome sound of FEAST. A
virtual wall of gorgeous string sound, sensuous harp sonorities, gutsy percussion, dazzling costumes and
dances will make IRISH THUNDER an incredible evening-to-remember for the whole family!
Get your tickets early for this show—it sells out every year! Call (970) 241-0741 for more information, or
buy tickets online at JunctionConcerts.com.
Durrance. Enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, networking and the
Dick Durrance presentation.
Space is limited, and reservations are required online at glenwoodchamber.com/bwn or by
calling 945-6589. The cost is $25
per person. Chamber members
and their guests are invited to
attend. Contact Joni for information regarding membership at
945-6589x104. For more information, call Angie Anderson, (970)
945-6589.
Miracle on Main Street
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High School. No pre-registration
is required.
The parade route will head west
on Main Street, south on Church
St. and east on Hwy. 348, ending
in front of the Olathe American
Legion Post #24, where kids of
all ages can talk to Santa. In conjunction with the Miracle on Main
Street, the Olathe Rebekah’s will
offer a Chili Dinner at the Legion
Hall. For more information, please
contact the Olathe Activities
Department at 323-6006.
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The Denver Sports Scene
By Kevin LaDuke
It is December, and the temperature is dropping. Snow may start to
fall sometime soon, and most of us
are getting ready for Santa to appear.
This can only mean one thing. No,
we all know Christmas and New
Year’s are there, but it means that
most of the major sports will be
and are going on right now. There
are, of course, a few missing, such
as the Colorado Rockies and the
Colorado Rapids. The three major
sports teams in Colorado are rolling
along or, since the NBA lockout is
over, about to begin. If you are still
wondering, then you are probably
not a sports buff, or you don’t follow the Colorado Avalanche, the
Denver Nuggets, and the Denver
Broncos.
Let’s start with the Colorado
Avalanche. They struggled mightily last year on the rebuilding side
of the spectrum. That makes for a
long season and not a lot of wins.
Through the draft and with a key
pick up in goal, the Avs are back on
track to make it exciting to watch
them again. And it looks like they’ve
done well in the draft with some key
young players. Matt Duchene, Ryan
O’Reilly, Paul Statsny, and Gabriel
Landeskog are the young group that
could propel the Avalanche back to
being contenders someday. They
started out very strong as a team,
but then they went into a little bit
of a slump through November. At
the start of December, they seemed
to get back on track with some good
offense and better goalkeeping. A
very nice win versus the dreaded
Detroit Red Wings, or as my friends
know them, the “Dead Things,” can
only make us hope they keep up
this wave of scoring and strong net
play.
After the middle of November,
or when talks broke down and both
sides walked away from each other,
it sure didn’t seem to many that
there would be an NBA season. I’m
not even going to go into who was
at fault since it seemed both were
out for the pot of gold. The problem
is that they both may have actually
knocked some of it out and can’t get
it back, since some fans are saying
they will not go back to watching
NBA. Let’s focus on the Nuggets,
though. The Nuggets are going to
have to rebuild some since they have
several free agents either restricted
or non-restricted. Their biggest task
will be to try and re-sign Nene. He
used to have a last name, but I guess
he ran into Madonna and dropped it
somewhere. He’s asking for a large
contract, which the Nuggets had on
the table last year and he chose not
to take because he was unhappy
they didn’t put it there until the end.
Now, he may not make that much. If
he does not sign, they will be using a
bunch of young kids to try and fill in
the big-man positions. The youngsters’ names are just too difficult to
type out, so you can look them up.
They also will have to do without
JR Smith and Kenyon Martin, since
they are stuck in China under contract and can’t get out. They may
not bring them back, anyway. They
did pick up Andre Miller again on
draft day, so there will be some help
in the guard position. Signing some
other free agents will be important
to make them capable of keeping up
in the Western Conference. If they
don’t sign many players, we’ll know
that they’re waiting to be in on the
big class of free agents next year that
includes Dwight Howard.
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And…how about them Broncos?!
Who would have thought that, after
sticking Tim Tebow in at quarterback, it would have given them
such a change in team play? Well,
I thought that—and you should
have known that if you read my last
article. The question was if Tebow
could actually throw the ball and
make good decisions. He ran the
option well in the Jets, Kansas City,
and San Diego games. Then, against
the Vikings, he brought out the arm
in the second half and passed well.
I did say team play, because it’s
not just Tebow who is winning the
games. You have the running game
doing well, especially with Willis
McGahee. The defense is doing
pretty well, and Von Miller is simply
the best draft pick the Broncos have
had in the last who-knows-howmany years. He and Elvis Dumervil
are a twin set of terrors on the defensive rush.
Can the Broncos win the division?
It sure looks like it, since they are
coming up against some teams that
are really running on empty because
of injury. The New England Patriots
are the only ones who look like they
may challenge the Broncos in the
last few games. We will just have
to wait and see—and it should be
fun!
It is time to pull out the recliner,
set up the snacks, turn on the tube,
and get some cold drinks, because
it looks like it’s going to be a great
December to watch sports. Please
don’t tell the wife—it will ruin my
evenings. Thanks.
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...Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Dark of Brew
By Lyle Stout
It’s
always
interesting
to
see a product or
service that has
been
around
for generations
finally
blink
out and disappear for all time. At
times, it catches us by surprise,
like the time my Chevron gas card
became useless when Chevron
sold all the gas stations it owned in
Colorado. Other times, we watch
for years as the slow decay of a
product or service makes it obvious
the inevitable day will arrive. Most
times, you can see it coming and
watch as it dies, but unless it’s like
Radio Shack and can reinvent itself
moments before driving off the
cliff, the business usually keeps on
doing the very things that made it
obsolete.
In business, the trend of the last
few years is to use fax machines
and the Internet to send purchase
orders, invoices, and statements.
In my opinion, this came about
because of the US Post Office
constantly increasing stamp prices.
As stamp prices increased, more
businesses moved away from
regular mail, and, as the volume
dropped and the postal service lost
more money, its solution was to
raise postage costs even more. This
became a repeating cycle and has
brought the price of a stamp to 44
cents, soon to increase to 46 cents,
then to 48 cents, then to $1.50.
Many national companies now use
a combination of fax machines and
the Internet for billing transactions
and do not use the mail at all.
I’ll never forget a time when
a mailman who used to deliver
Bollan’s Beefs
The other day
I was listening
to one of those
totally insane
right-wing radio
whack-jobs going on about the
notorious Obama “birther” issue.
As I listened, it struck me that
people hear what they want and
believe what they want, no matter how far from truth it is. With
that in mind, I set out to see if I
could smear the “good names” of
current Republican front-runners
without once telling the truth or
even attempting to do so.
that, without the post office, the
townspeople would have no place
to congregate, and the town would
lose its identity.
If you evaluate the situation, it
probably takes at least three people
at a minimum to run each tiny post
office. According to Newsweek,
the average postal worker makes
$83,000 in wages and benefits; so
a tiny post office, to give a town
a “place to congregate,” would
cost almost a quarter of a million
dollars in wages and benefits alone.
Add the cost of a building and
utilities, and the US Postal Service
is probably spending over $400,000
per year to give the citizens of
Podunk a sense of identity.
What if we take a quarter of the
money spent for a post office in
every tiny nonexistent burg like
Powderhorn CO on the road from
Gunnison to Lake City, and use
it to buy a building and put in a
Starbucks. The government could
pay the waitresses the going $3.40
per hour plus tips, or whatever
waitresses make now—and, tell
me, that in a tiny town you couldn’t
hire a manager for less than a third
of the $83,000 an average USPS
worker makes. You could put in a
stamp machine like the one most
post offices have, and a big blue
box to drop off mail, and just have
a mail truck stop once or twice a
week to see if any mail were going
out. Then, when the grannies from
Podunk or Powderhorn or Redcliff
need a place to congregate, they
can spend their money to buy a
cup of latte, and the taxpayers can
save a quarter of a million dollars
each year in every tiny dust mote
in America.
There would have to be
restrictions, however. The Postal
Union could not unionize Starbucks
waitresses or the manager. If they
did, only veterans would be able to
be waitresses, and the wage would
go to $39.66 per hour. The wait for a
cup of coffee would triple, and the
price of coffee would have to rise
to $11 per cup to support the wages
and benefits. If people refused to
pay the $11 and the coffee sales
decreased, they would have no
choice but to raise it to $12.50 to
bring their profit back up.
By Jack Bollan
jgbollan@aol.com
executives with huge bonuses. We
don’t know—and no one but his
victims know for sure—if claims
that he sexually harassed scores
of female employees are true. He
would never admit it.
“Poo!” to all those Americans
who believe that the key words in
“Newt Gingrich” are “Newt” and
“Grinch.” In the first case, Newt is
not a newt. Those who think of him
as some sort of lizard/fish-type of
thing are just not being fair. His
mother did love him, despite evidence to the contrary. His father
was not gender-confused as some of
Gingrich’s gay relatives have almost
certainly claimed. And “Newt” was
not the result of his parents “running out of good names after 13
children,” as some have probably
argued. It is more realistic to believe
that “Newt” rhymes with “cute.”
It’s as simple as that.
Now, Newt’s affiliation with
“Grinch” is far less tenuous. It is in
the role of Grinch that Newt earned
his notoriety in 1992. Cheap, selfish, and hating Cindy Lou Who-these are “the Grinch’s” claim to
fame. And there is absolutely no
evidence that his heart has grown
three sizes larger in the intervening two decades. The “Grinch” is
still cheap, selfish, and hates Cindy
Lou Who.
And there is Ron Paul. Evidence
is threadbare that Paul is a neoNazi. There are people who say that
he has enough racist and intolerant remarks and writings to make
him forever unelectable. Even so,
he was not a co-conspirator with
Tim McVeigh in the Oklahoma City
bombing, despite his affiliation with
the extreme right-wing John Birch
Society that so influenced McVeigh.
His libertarianism is not just a cover
for a pathologically self-centered
person with bizarre, off-putting
psychology. Many almost normal
people (Paul?) consider whack-job
author Ayn Rand their spiritual
guide.
Now, people could say that Paul’s
anti-government rap completely
conflicts with his lifetime spent
as a politician. And then there is
Paul’s argument about the Gold
Standard. Any 20th Century person
with knowledge of history can only
say one thing to this whole Gold
Standard matter, “Ha. Okay! It was
dumb then, dumber now. Wrong
century, Ron!”
Finally, Rick Perry. Some call him,
“Hairy Perry,” but most who have
done so lack the essential quality
of character called “existence.” You
have to admit that his young, poofy
hair contrasts sharply and unflatteringly with his old, chiseled face.
Can such a confused man make the
hard decisions that have to be made
as president? I wonder. And what
was his deal with “The Response,”
which many say was just a way to
use God to call conservative evangelical attention to Perry’s power
obsession. Is that right? I think
America knows the answer and will
not vote for such a twisted fellow.
So, once again, the GOP has
delivered a herd of morons. The
last Republican we elected, George
Bush, was the worst president in
history. He left us with a broken
economy and two dumb wars. But
the Republican Party keeps on keepin’ on, distributing goofy gas to
the voters, and doing damage to
America. Makes sense to me.
Politics as Usual: A Farce
So let’s take a look at the losers
(and they are losers) as seen from
the farcical pen of Bollan. We’ll
knock ‘em down one by one.
Michele Bauchman, whose oratory is legendary, is not from a family of registered sex offenders. Her
cousins were not recently arrested
for petty drug offenses, and her
mother had nothing to do with the
Bauchman gang and the associated
series of murders and robberies.
Claims that Bauchman was arrested
walking naked down Rue de Lis in
Paris under the influence of psychedelic drugs aren’t true. And she
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to my business
was complaining
about the boxes
they
were
putting in newer
n e i g h b o rh o o d s
with
multiple
mail receptacles
to replace the
standard single mailbox in front
of each house. I had just moved
into a neighborhood that had the
multiple boxes and could see no
real difference. He explained that
the union had filed a lawsuit to try
to keep the post office from using
the new boxes because they were
too efficient and, therefore, cost
jobs for letter carriers.
The postal service is caught,
because any talk of saving money
is immediately vetoed by their
union, and any attempt to curtail
the unprofitable parts of their
business is always followed by
local papers printing stories about
Podunk CO and how the post office
in the town employs the only three
people in town who have full-time
jobs. The story is always concluded
with some old woman explaining
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wasn’t thirty-three years old and
the mother of two illegitimate children at the time.
The reported problems between
Mitt Romney and Herman Cain are
nothing but political gamesmanship. While it is true that Romney’s
Mormon faith claims that God
cursed Cain and all his progeny
with black skin because Cain killed
his brother many years ago, it is not
true that Cain or Romney have made
much of it. In fact, some would say
that neither of them is really that
concerned about the affair, given
that Mormon leadership granted
Cain special dispensation so that
he and his male children could hold
the Mormon priesthood. True, the
curse slowed Cain’s ability to succeed in business, but he overcame
the curse and succeeded in pizza.
Cain’s business success is his
claim to fame. It’s not true, however, that Cain founded Black Jack
Pizza while serving the Godfather.
Nor did Cain betray the Godfather
for Black Jack. Americans who have
made that claim do not have a clear
picture of Cain.
Cain long served as energy czar
for a public utility company, in
which capacity he pressured workers to invest in a bogus retirement
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gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is
the equal sharing of misery..”
-- Winston Churchill
These are possibly the 5 best
sentences you’ll ever read:
Unfortunately, most voters don’t
know this.
1. You cannot legislate the poor
into prosperity, by legislating the
wealth out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person
must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give
to anybody anything that the government does not first take from
somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by
dividing it
5. When half of the people get the
idea that they do not have to work
because the other half is going to
want our money, accept our rules.
Before you say that this would
be “demeaning” and ruin “self
esteem,” consider that it wasn’t that
long ago that taking someone else’s
money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered
self esteem.
If we are expected to pay for other people’s mistakes, we should at
least attempt to make them learn
from their bad choices. The current
system rewards people for continuing to make bad choices.
Oh, and while you are on government subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct.
For you to vote would be a conflict
of interest. You will voluntarily
remove yourself from voting while
you are receiving a government
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take care of them; and when the
other half gets the idea that it does
no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they
work for, that is the beginning of
the end of any nation.
Ineptocracy (in-ept-o-cra-cy)-a
system of government where the
least capable to lead are elected
by the least capable of producing,
and where the members of society
least likely to sustain themselves
or to succeed are rewarded with
goods and services paid for by the
confiscated wealth of a diminishing
number of producers.
These solutions are just common sense in the opinion of this
21-year-old woman:.
This was in the Waco Tribune
Herald, Waco , TX Nov 18, 2010... Dear Sean,
Today I was incensed at the
conclusion of a traditional
Serbian-Orthodox funeral for my
beloved 85-year-old uncle, Daniel
Martich, who proudly served in
the US Army during the Korean
conflict. During the committal
service at a Pittsburgh cemetery
the local military detachment
performed their ritual, then folded
and presented the American Flag
to my aunt.
As I’m sure you have witnessed
during military funerals, a soldier
bends to one knee and recites a
scripted message to a surviving
relative that begins
‘On behalf of the President of
the United States and a grateful
nation, I wish to present you
with this flag in appreciation for
your husband’s service ...’
However, today the dialogue
was ‘On behalf of the Secretary of
Defense and a grateful nation...’
After the service, I approached
the soldier who presented the flag
to my aunt to inquire about the
change in language. His response
was: “The White House notified
all military funeral service
detachments
to immediately
remove ‘the President’ and insert
‘the Secretary of Defense’.
I couldn’t believe what I heard
and the soldier just smiled and
said, “You can draw your own
conclusion, Sir, but that was the
order”. He, too, was ashamed of
what he was required to say.
Obama has taken off the gloves.
My only response to this endless
cesspool of
anti- American
rhetoric dripping from his mouth
is to borrow a phrase “ with one
minor change” uttered by another
temporary Washington resident
living in government housing
(his wife!): “Today for the first time
in my adult life, I am ashamed of
the current U.S. President!”
I did not serve in the military
but my love of country parallels
that of people like my late uncle
who bled red, white and blue.
As a second generation Serbian-
The Yellow Light
The light turned yellow, just in
front of him. He did the right thing,
stopping at the crosswalk, even
though he could have beaten the
red light by accelerating through
the intersection.
The tailgating woman was
furious and honked her horn,
screaming in frustration, as she
missed her chance to get through
the intersection, dropping her cell
phone and makeup.
As she was still in mid-rant, she
heard a tap on her window and
looked up into the face of a very
serious police officer. The officer
ordered her to exit her car with her
hands up.
He took her to the police
station, where she was searched,
fingerprinted, photographed, and
placed in a holding cell.
After a couple of hours, a
policeman approached the cell and
opened the door. The woman was
escorted back to the booking desk,
where the arresting officer was
waiting with her personal effects.
He said, ‘’I’m very sorry for
this mistake. You see, I pulled up
behind your car while you were
blowing your horn, flipping off the
guy in front of you and cussing a
blue streak at him. I noticed the
‘What Would Jesus Do’ bumper
sticker, the ‘Choose Life’ license
plate holder, the ‘Follow Me to
Sunday-School’ bumper sticker,
and the chrome-plated Christian
fish emblem on the trunk, so,
naturally, I assumed you had
stolen the car.’’
COMPLETELY FINISHED
No English dictionary has been
able to explain the difference
between the two words ‘complete’
and ‘finished’ in a way that’s so
easy to understand:
Some people say there is no
difference between COMPLETE
& FINISHED but, there is
an explanation, as told by a
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you are COMPLETE....
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End of story
The English language has some
wonderfully
anthropomorphic
collective nouns for the various
groups of animals. We are all
familiar with a
Herd of cows,
a Flock of chickens,
a School of fish
and a Gaggle of geese.
However, less widely known is:
a Pride of lions,
a Murder of crows
(as well as their cousins the
rooks and ravens),
an Exaltation of doves
and, presumably because they
look so wise:
a Parliament of owls.
Now consider a group of
Baboons. They are the loudest,
most dangerous, most obnoxious,
most viciously aggressive and least
intelligent of all primates. And
what is the proper collective noun
for a group of baboons?
Believe it or not ……. a
Congress!
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I guess that pretty much
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Put me in charge of food stamps.
I’d get rid of Lone Star cards; no
cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho’s,
just money for 50-pound bags of
rice and beans, blocks of cheese and
all the powdered milk you can haul
away. If you want steak and frozen
pizza, then get a job.
Put me in charge of Medicaid.
The first thing I’d do is to get women Norplant birth control implants
or tubal ligations. Then, we’ll test
recipients for drugs, alcohol, and
nicotine and document all tattoos
and piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, smoke
or get tats and piercings, then get
a job.
Put me in charge of government
housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of
repair. Your “home” will be subject
to inspections any time, and possessions will be inventoried. If you
want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then
get a job and your own place.
In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each
week or you will report to a “government” job. It may be cleaning
the roadways of trash, painting and
repairing public housing, whatever
we find for you. We will sell your
22-inch rims and low-profile tires
and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the
“common good.”
Before you write that I’ve violated someone’s rights, realize that
all of the above is voluntary. If you
This is a letter that my good
friend’s husband wrote today
after his uncle’s funeral yesterday.
If Obama does not want his name
associated with our military,
he does not deserve to be “The
President of the United
States “. - Alice Frankovitch
Hooray for Florida!
From Theda Becker
Great going, Florida. You set the
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Kudos to Republican Governor
Rick Scott for having the correctness and guts to move forward on
this critical issue!
I-95 North will be jammed for
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out of Florida.
Florida is the first state to require
drug testing for people before they
can receive welfare! In signing the
new law, Republican Gov. Rick
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drug-free.”
Applicants who test positive for
illicit substances won’t be eligible
for funds for a year—or until they
undergo treatment. Those who
fail the test a second time will be
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Naturally, a few people are crying that this is unconstitutional.
How is this unconstitutional?
It’s completely legal that every
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Let’s give Welfare back to the
ones who really NEED it, not those
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who’s
heritage
produced many patriotic military
men and women who fought
for freedom both in the United
States as well as in the former
Yugoslavia
(most recently in
Kosovo against the slaughter of
Serbs by Muslim extremists), I
implore you to make the
American people aware of
this little-known or, at least,
publicly
acknowledged fact.
May God Bless you and your
family during these difficult times.
Your voice of reason is a welcome
change from the insanity plastered
across the country by the liberal
media. Keep up the great work
and thank you for your service to
our country.
Sincerely,
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