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The Club at the Center For Living Your Best, HopeWest
Jun. 03, 2020
The CLUB is a place for vibrant seniors to meet new friends, participate in physical activities, life-long learning, creativity, games and fun! It is also a place to have services to keep you healthy, informed and safe. Mandy DeCino, Assistant Director of The CLUB, will talk about all of the aspects of The CLUB and the “why” behind it including why The CLUB is such an important additional service to our community. This meeting will still be on Zoom and not on location. Contact Mandy for directions or with questions: Mandy DeCino |
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Maverick Stampede
Jun. 10, 2020
Bio: An alumni of Colorado Mesa University, Branden Edwards has taken the untraditional route by turning a Music Degree into a career as an announcer for rodeos, horse shows, sporting events and many other avenues of entertainment. As an announcer and active competitor in the PRCA he has kept his finger on the pulse of the western industry and leapt at the opportunity to expand that service at his Alma Mater. An avid team roper, Branden has also served as board member and vice-president of the Colorado Professional Rodeo Association for the past 5 seasons and is the current vice president of the Mesa County Sheriff Posse. Competing at the national level since High School he understands what it means to practice and win as a participant, while his work over the last 10 years giving instruction at camps and one-on-one sessions allows him to convey those same lessons to his students and team members. Branden currently stays involved with his community as an advocate for rodeo and the western heritage while living in Grand Junction with his wife Tia, a Colorado native who attended college on a rodeo scholarship and helps with the team in more ways than she could ever get credit for. They have one son, Grady Kent Edwards, and a new edition to the family expected for March of 2020. |
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Glade Park Volunteer Fire Department
Jun. 17, 2020
Bio: Steve and his wife Sibylle moved to Glade Park in 2003 after living twenty years in New York City. Steve grew his energy consulting business in Grand Junction - hiring seven CMU grads along the way. He sold his company to a London-based firm in 2013 and recently entered into full retirement. He serves as the Vice President of the Avalon Theatre Foundation, the Secretary/Treasurer of the Guys Giving Club and a long-time volunteer for the Glade Park ‘Movies Under the Stars’ program. You can usually find Steve playing golf at Redlands Mesa or rehearsing with the High Desert Opera. (His most recent role was as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz!) Steve is a graduate from the University of Colorado and from the Thunderbird School of International Management. |
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Jun. 24, 2020 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Please forward to the club. Now the “meeting” will be on June 24th.
There will be a Golf Committee meeting next week at Bookcliff Country Club after Rotary at 2:00. Please come if you like to golf or would be interested in being involved in a Rotary Golf Tournament for this fall.
RSVP to aaron.tice@gmail.com or 360-713-3060 so that I can make tee times for the appropriate number of "committee members”.
Aaron Tice, CFP® 360.713.3060
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Colorado River District
Jul. 08, 2020
Bio: Steve Acquafresca represents Mesa County and was reappointed to the Colorado River District Board in January 2017 having previously served from 2011-2014. Mr. Acquafresca has been an advocate for the agricultural community while being actively engaged in farming, conservation, business, community affairs, and public policy-making. As a former Colorado state legislator, Mr. Acquafresca represented six west slope counties in Colorado’s General Assembly and focused on farming and ranching issues, business and economic development, water law, conservation, local government, transportation and public education funding and policies. More recently, Mr. Acquafresca served as Mesa County Commissioner from 2007-2015. |
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Mesa County Coroner
Jul. 15, 2020
Victor Yahn is a Western Slope native who grew up and worked in Olathe, Colorado. After serving in the Olathe Volunteer Fire Department, Montrose Fire Department and Community Hospital as an Emergency Department Technician, he started at the Coroner’s Office in May 2011 as a Deputy Coroner. After gaining medical knowledge and skills as a death investigator, he was promoted to Chief Deputy Coroner in 2013. In January 2019, he took office as Coroner of Mesa County. Victor is certified with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigation and the Colorado Coroner’s Association. He is a current member of the National Association of Medical Examiners, International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners and serves as Treasurer and Board Member of the Colorado Coroner’s Association. |
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FREE Foundation
Jul. 22, 2020
Bio: Kelly Johnston is the President and Owner of JFS, LLC, an accounting and consulting firm. She has a large amount of experience in both the public accounting and private industry accounting fields. Her background includes a Bachelor in Finance and a Master of Science in Accounting, with experience in the healthcare industry with critical access hospitals and physician offices, audit and tax preparation. She loves to share her passion for finance, economics and accounting with our youth to create a stronger and better tomorrow. Topic: The FREE Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit organization based in Grand Junction, CO with a purpose of promoting awareness of how a free market economy works. Its mission is to teach students and teachers about America’s free enterprise system, financial literacy, and economics so they can be better prepared leaders, employees, and citizens. |
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Good Samaritan Clinic
Jul. 29, 2020
We are now in our third year of operation as a free and charitable clinic serving the uninsured and underinsured people of Western Colorado. We have provided primary medical and mental health care to over 1000 patients. Many of our patients delay getting needed care and arrive with complex and untreated conditions. We have been open every Saturday at our permanent location, 402 Grand Avenue, donated by the Downtown Vineyard Church. Our well-qualified, unpaid doctors, nurses, mental health specialists, health care professionals, and assistants have provided over 5,000 hours of direct patient care in addition to many hours of answering the phone, scheduling appointments, and following up with pharmacy and lab results. We are solely supported by donations that we use to purchase supplies and medical equipment. We wouldn’t be here without your generous support. Thank you. “Our community. Our responsibility.” |
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Jul. 31, 2020 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Annual Rotary Club School Supply Distribution For Many years, the Grand Junction Rotary Clubs have joined to raise money for the ordering and distribution of school supplies to our local schools just before school opens each year. Supplies are distributed to all elementary and middle schools in D51 plus all elementary and middle school Charter Schools and Parochial schools. Each school receives supplies based on the number of students they have enrolled. Money is raised by donations. Club members can contribute each quarter on their membership invoice, or they can make contributions in any amount to support the school supply project whenever they would like to. Each year we have been able to provide schools supplies valued at more than $16,000.00. We have been preparing for this year’s distribution since April. Through a partnership with School District 51, and the North Avenue Walmart, supplies have been ordered and will be sorted by school so we can distribute them on Friday July 31. Here is how you can help:
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STRIVE
Aug. 05, 2020
STRiVE, formerly known as Mesa Developmental Services, has been serving Mesa County residents for over 50 years. Offering a variety of services to help families and support individuals with developmental disabilities, STRiVE is a partnership of people supporting people. Throughout the history of our organization, we have been striving to fill in the gaps that exist in support services by providing qualified occupational therapy, respite, vocational, residential and other child and family support opportunities. As the needs have increased so has the diversity of our programs.
The new identity “STRiVE,” represents our staff and the people we support every day. As we STRiVE to provide the best possible person-centered services, our clients STRiVE every day to be independent and take greater control of their lives. Our organization is made up of over 350 employees. Our staff is qualified and trained to provide quality, results driven services with over 12 Day and Supported Employment Programs and more than 17 Residential Sites. We are an organization that continually sees the needs in the community and strives to make a difference in those areas.
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Colorado Cattlemen's Association
Aug. 26, 2020
Bio: Janie VanWinkle is a lifelong beef producer in western Colorado. Growing up in the Unaweep Canyon and later on the Dolores River between Gateway and Uravan, she learned about land, livestock and water from an early age while living in very rural areas. Janie and husband, Howard, currently own and manage 550 head of cattle in Mesa County. Dean, their son, will be a senior at Kansas State University this Fall where he is majoring in Animal Science with an emphasis on production management. The VanWinkles have a Forest Service permit on the Uncompaghre and a BLM permit between Whitewater and Palisade at the base of the Grand Mesa. Working cooperatively with the City of Grand Junction, they lease two ranches owned by the City at Whitewater. They own and manage several other Agricultural properties around the Grand Valley. Howard and Janie are active in the community, both having been 4-H leaders and involved in the program in Mesa County. Janie is on the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce Board, Western CO Community College Agriculture Advisory Board, and serves on the Grand Valley Power Board. She was recently elected to serve as President of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. Topic: Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) mission is to serve as the state’s premier cattlemen’s association that serves as the principal voice and advocate for Colorado beef production. CCA accomplishes this through its vision of “advancing the legacy” of beef production for our members by ensuring a dynamic and profitable industry that provides growth and opportunity for future generations. CCA’s commitment lies within these core competencies: government affairs, issues management, communication and outreach, and member services and benefits. |
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Marillac Health -- Warrior Wellness Center is Now Open!
Sep. 02, 2020
Bio: Kristy Schmidt, BS earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Management from Colorado Christian University, Lakewood CO. Having served at MarillacHealth for 17 years she has held several roles. Kristy served five years as the operations manager, followed by twelve years overseeing community relations and business development. She served very capably as the Interim Executive Director, 2011-2012 as well. Her abundant energy and passion for our mission is evidenced through Marillac’s many partnerships, collaborations, strong community awareness and the positive attention the health center receives. Kristy has implemented various grants and programs to address the needs of Marillac’s lowest income patients, those who are homeless, those who are migrant farmworkers and their families and most recently the school based health center program. She earned certification from the American Academy of Medical Management, in Physician Practice Management. Topic: Title of her presentation is “Warrior Wellness Center is Now Open!” as Kristy will give an update on the School based clinic at Central High School. |
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Sep. 02, 2020 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
We would like to remind all members that we will be meeting at the Bookcliff Country Club starting with our next meeting on September 2, 2020. It is important to RSVP before Monday if you are going to attend in person. Please let us know how many (yourself + any guests) will be attending. We will still have a Zoom session for those not able to attend in person. Your RSVP is very critical until we get a sense of the consistent number of meals they need to prepare, and they will charge us for the number of meals we tell them each week (or if we have more members attending, they will charge us the larger number, of course). You may email Gwen at gdecino@bresnan.net – or register here. Thank you all! Gwen DeCino Secretary Rotary Club of Grand Junction 970-234-5030 |
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Why Western Colorado needs Gallagher Reform
Sep. 09, 2020
Bio: Bernie Buescher is “Of Counsel” with the law firm of Ireland Stapleton Pryor and Pascoe, P.C. A lifetime resident of Grand Junction, Bernie practiced law in Grand Junction with Williams Turner and Holmes for 14 years, and served as President and CEO of West Star Aviation from 1986 through 1995. He served two terms in the Colorado General Assembly and for two years served as Secretary of State for Colorado. For four years Bernie was a Deputy Attorney General, managing the State Services Section of the office. He has served on approximately 40 non-profit boards. |
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Sep. 09, 2020 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Our next luncheon meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, at the Bookcliff Country Club. We need to get a good count of in-person attendees to facilitate setup, service and meals. If you plan to attend in-person, please RSVP before Monday for members and guests. If you have touble logging in to ClubRunner, just register as a guest or RSVP via email to Gwen DeCino at gdecino@bresnan.net. Thank you and see you at the meeting! |
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CMU’s Safe Together, Strong Together Initiative
Sep. 16, 2020
Bio: Amy Bronson, EdD, is CO-Chair of the Safe Together, Strong Together initiative and Director of the CMU Physicians Assistant Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. She went on to earn a Master of Medical Science from St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, Physician Assistant Certification from Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado, and her EdD in Educational Leadership from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Amy has been a certified Physician Assistant since 2008. She has practiced in Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive surgery and Family Medicine. Topic: CMU’s Safe Together, Strong Together Initiative. CMU has devised a plan in collaboration with medical experts and healthcare leaders to design a safe return to campus based on scientific evidence and medical best practices. |
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Sep. 16, 2020 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Our next luncheon meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16, at the Bookcliff Country Club. We need to get a good count of in-person attendees to facilitate setup, service and meals. If you plan to attend in-person, please RSVP for members and guests. If you have touble logging in to ClubRunner, just register as a guest or RSVP via email to Gwen DeCino at gdecino@bresnan.net. Thank you and see you at the meeting! |
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Cameo Shooting and Education Complex
Sep. 23, 2020
Thoughtfully designed by competitive shooters seeking to build a world-class shooting environment, the Cameo Shooting and Education Complex​ is a top destination for people from all over the world to participate in organized shooting competition. The Complex serves as an educational and training facility, where kids can learn about the safe use of firearms and law enforcement can sharpen their skills. ​Current Facilities Available:
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Update on Local Boy Scouts of America
Sep. 30, 2020
Bio: Ray Blanchard graduated 1973 with Bachelor of Science Horticulture and for the most part Ray has been self-employed or has owned his own businesses. In 1959 he joined Pack 29 where he earned his Arrow of Light – the highest award a Cub Scout can earn. In 1963 he joined Troop 36 where he earned the rank of Eagle with Bronze Palm. In 1969 he joined Post 36. Ray has been involved in scouting as a volunteer leader for most of his adult life, and is currently the District Chairman for the Majestic Mesas District. |
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CoorsTek
Oct. 07, 2020
Bio: Andrew Golike is the plant manager for CoorsTek in Grand Junction. Mr. Golike has held diverse responsibilities including global multi-site management. Mr. Golike holds a BA in Business Management from Colorado Mesa University. He is a lifelong resident of western Colorado. Topic: CoorsTek is the international partner of choice for companies requiring the unique, high-performance properties of products manufactured from engineered technical ceramics and advanced materials. CoorsTek delivers outstanding value through unsurpassed expertise in materials engineering; broad research, development, and manufacturing capabilities; collaborative relationships, and operational excellence. For more information about CoorsTek, including product information and company history since 1910, visit CoorsTek.com. |
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Clifton Christian Church Food and Clothing
Oct. 14, 2020
Bio: Born and raised here, I went to local schools in Clifton and Palisade. My path was full of choices that helped me in many ways. I was a young teenage mom, that made poor choices in many forms. As I look back, I know my path was preparing me to be the Executive Director of Clifton Christian Church Food and Clothing. I am married with three adult children and three grandchildren. I have been the Director for 10 years, The first year we gave food to only 5000 individuals the entire year. In 2019 we were blessed to be able to give food and clothing to over 20,000 individuals. Our mission is to provide nutritious food and clothing to those individuals who find themselves with a need. We not only give them what they need for their hunger, but most important we show them love, compassion, and respect, touching each one with the love of Christ. When they leave our doors they know they are an important and valued member of our community. My past has shown me to love individuals no matter what they are going through, that we all are important, and we can change the world one person at a time. 2020 has been a year to remember for all of us. It has been extremely overwhelming, with many challenges. Nevertheless, we have been able to show grace and mercy to our community. We are honored to be able to stand in the gap for individuals who find themselves with a food insecurity. Thank you, so very much for your kindness, generosity and your support. |
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COSI
Oct. 21, 2020
Bio: My name is Stephanie and I am originally from Kansas. I have lived in many places across the United States! I studied criminal justice at California Lutheran University. After living in California, I moved to Nevada and eventually to Colorado. Now, I love living in western Colorado and helping students attend CMU. I really enjoy the sense of community in Grand Junction. Western Colorado is a fun, friendly place with an adventurous spirit. I enjoy riding my bike and walking with my dog. There are many great local restaurants and businesses across the Grand Valley. One of my favorites is the Hot Tomato Pizzeria in Fruita. Make sure that you check it out! Topic: The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI) provides qualifying Colorado students with scholarship awards to aid them in their pursuit of a college degree. In addition to financial assistance, COSI scholars are able to meet with COSI advisors on a regular basis. These COSI advisors take on many roles, including:
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Nov. 01, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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360 zooms
Nov. 04, 2020
Topic: Interactive Virtual Tours has become the best way to experience a space in the palm of your hand. Imagine that you can provide a 24 hour open house to your customers. The use of virtual tours is increasing as businesses find it as one of the most effective ways to interact with customers and clients online. Not only for Real Estate, for businesses that want to stand out from the crowd and bring the crowd to them. Therefore, this presents an opportunity not only for fields such as restaurants and real estate, but for businesses of any kind that aspire to showcase their products online in a highly effective and FUN interactive manner. Realtor.com concluded that listings with virtual tours receive 87% more views than listings with no photos or still photos alone, and that 54% of buyers exploring on the site will most likely not look at properties that don’t include virtual tours. Home buyers are most likely to shop based on a Virtual Tour inclusion and Photos. The time that would be spent on giving tours will actually be spent sealing the deal and signing the contract. |
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Support a Soldier
Nov. 11, 2020
Daniel Reid has been an international negotiator and crisis mitigator for over 40 years. He is the founder and Managing Director of Paladin International, LLC. , providing new country entry facilitation; risk identification, planning and mitigation solutions; government liaison, and security & protection services for industry and government. He has worked in more than 42 foreign countries throughout Latin America, the Middle East and Europe and has been an advisor and intelligence consultant to the Special Operations Command of our US armed forces for much of his career. Dan received his MBA in 1991 and among many certifications holds the highest rating (CPP) from ASIS (American Society for Industrial Security.) He is a decorated Vietnam special operations veteran and has served in many foreign venues with the US special operations and intelligence community. In addition, he is the author of many technical articles on counter terrorism and crisis identification & management as well as a book on firearms for the uninformed, Guns Are Stupid, People Are Smart; the Novice’s Guide to Understanding Guns. Dan is co-founder and Chairman of the Support-a-Soldier Clearinghouse, a 501 (c) 3 tax deductible charity. Since 2007, its mission has been to provide deployed US military men and women with ancillary non-lethal equipment and other necessities that improves their safety, readiness, comfort and efficiency in areas of combat operations. To date SAS has provided over 5,000 needed pieces of equipment to over 4500 US combat troops and units around the world. SAS operates with minimal overheads and a volunteer cadre of dedicated current and former combat soldiers and business men and women. |
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