Full Moon Farm still rises
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - On the last Sunday morning in August, we were among the crowd of parishioners at the annual picnic and potluck which Ella Moon hosts at Moon Farm for Sacred Heart Church. When I mentioned to Josh, a college-age, young man, earlier in the week that we were going to Moon [...]
Appreciate life — not all of us have 9
Well here I am at the office again on a slow Monday. Katie and Tim are griping about how much they dislike coming to work on Mondays. They should do an article on the 23,000,000 folks currently out of work. How would they like to wake up in the morning not having a paycheck coming [...]
Escaping the smoke, haze in the valley
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - With all the devastation of fires, floods and earthquakes hitting other U.S. cities, we sometimes feel guilty about the beautiful area of Colorado where we live. We don’t have to go too far to get away from any “weather inconveniences” thrown at us. For example, we were able to escape [...]
Will Wright be a no-show in Denver?
By Tim Merris - Jared Wright was in the news again this week. Not for something he said or something he did, but for something he didn’t do. What didn’t he do? He committed to appear at a Club 20 debate on Sept. 8 and left Club 20 officials high and dry by pulling out [...]
Political differences
Americans have the right to succeed or fail I watched the major speakers at the Republican National Convention last week and was generally pleased with what I heard. Mitt Romney is my selection as the next United States president. Over the years, I’ve attended both political conventions as a reporter in New York, Detroit, Atlanta, San [...]
Saying goodbye to serving
By Kathleen Goddeyne - I recently finished my last week as a server for a corporate restaurant chain in Grand Junction. I’d been with the company for five years and at the Grand Junction location for three. I was more than happy to be exiting the service industry. After five years, hungry strangers have mistreated [...]
Congrats to the volunteer of the year
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - Family Health West’s Nursing Home had its annual outdoor “Thank You Volunteers BBQ” Aug. 24. One of the many volunteers is selected by the staff to be honored at this picnic dinner as Volunteer of the Year. This year, my husband Ray was awarded the framed certificate and title “Volunteer [...]
Nation’s tree from our backyard
By Margaret Melloy Guziak We know. We realize that you have just finished outfitting your children with new clothes, shoes and school supplies and that Christmas 2012 is far from your minds right now. But this year, Colorado has the honor of being the state selected to provide the nation’s Christmas tree to Washington, D. [...]
Why I gave away my ticket to ‘The Book of Mormon’
Yes – I know that a ticket to The Book of Mormon was the hottest ticket for any Denver event, but I gave away mine because I had read enough about this play to know that this show with its profanity, lewd songs and irreverent take on a religion, and poverty, and its overall offensive [...]
Take me out to the ballgame, please
By Margaret Melloy Guziak Finally, I was able to have a real “view from the bleachers” when we went to a Monday evening game between the Grand Junction Rockies and the Helena, Mont., Brewers. What a grand place Suplizio Field is to watch baseball. It is the game at its finest and like all the [...]