Wilma Erven, Director of Culture and Recreation for the City of Delta. (Photo courtesy to the Times.)
Wilma Erven, the Director of Culture and Recreation for the City of Delta, agreed to an interview about community centers. Since Delta is only somewhat smaller than Fruita, and the fact that Erven has been the director of Delta’s […]

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The Fruita Chamber of Commerce sponsored an open forum to provide the community an opportunity to air pros and cons about the proposed Community-Recreation Center on June 9 at the Fruita Monument High School Auditorium.
Diane Schwenke, president and C.E.O. of the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, moderated the event and set forth the rules for […]

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Bernie Buescher and Governor Bill Ritter.
Mesa State College, Wubben Hall was the place and Governor Bill Ritter provided the action as he signed four bills into law Wednesday, June 4.
Senate Bill 218 sponsored by Rep. Bernie Buescher; D-Grand Junction and Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, took eight months of negotiations, was redrafted 20 times before […]

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Two Colorado teams are set to compete at the 33rd annual national mathematics competition in Las Vegas on May 30-June 1. The 15-member Division A team will include Thomas Scheevel, a ninth grader at Fruita Monument High School.
The teams will travel to the western regional site at the University of Nevada to participate in […]

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Mustang Heritage Foundation is what it is called. The rules for winning the privilege of being chosen for the 2008 extreme Mustang Makeover are pretty difficult. But Neely Blum of Fruita was one of 200 throughout the 50 states to be included in this project for 2008. She is actually the only one in the […]

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