A variety of activities and competitions are sure to keep fairgoers on their toes with excitement, including a cattle fitting competition, Chris Camp: The Whip Guy and the Whip Crackin’ Dare Devils, a baby contest, a watermelon eating contest, and a pair of barbecues. A cattle fitting competition will be held on Thursday at the show ring for those wanting…
Read MoreDay: July 6, 2014
Young tennis players meet the Lobster
A dozen youngsters took advantage of a free tennis clinic offered last week by the Jefferson park and recreation department. They were also the first to use a new Lobster Elite tennis machine, just purchased by JPRD with memorial funds and donations from the family of the late Dr Robert Burke. The clinic was also funded in memory of Dr Burke.
Read MoreNews flash! County doubles number of traffic lights
With news of hundreds of new jobs coming to the county, growth in inevitable. Greene County may, at some point in the next few years, grow to being a two traffic light county. We have temporary status as a two-light county with this portable traffic light doing traffic control duty at a resurfacing job on the bridge over Hardin Creek just…
Read MoreRegister online for Glo Run/Walk to benefit GJ Community Center
Heidi Fouch Bell, a Grand Junction alumni and now an optometrist in Des Moines, is lending her support to the new Grand Junction Community Center in a fun exciting way. She is the organizer of a Glo Run/Walk to be held in conjunction with the Lincoln Highway Days in Grand Junction on the evening of Saturday, July 26. Many fun…
Read MoreA run up Sewer Hill?
Known by some as “Sewer Hill,” the hill on W. Russell St in front of the animal shelter and the wastewater treatment plant in Jefferson is a challenge for most runners. It’s the sort of hill that can make a runner feel like he’s going at a turtle’s pace. This fellow, a painted turtle 8 or so inches long, lumbered up the hill…
Read MoreEnd-all garage sale slated
The Grand Junction Community Center will hold a garage sale to end all garage sales (at the Community Center, that is) Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12, from 8 am to 5 pm. Everything — including tables, chairs, and even the kitchen island — must go, along with assorted “garage sale” items from the Grand Junction Women’s Club months-long…
Read MoreMuffin Monday
With temperatures a bit cooler than usual for July, why not surprise the family or your co-workers with muffins? If lemonade is a summer favorite, Lemon Pound Cake Muffins can be, too! For the recipe, click here: Lemon Pound Cake Muffins
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