Fruita seeks art for exhibit
Special to the Fruita Times The City of Fruita, through its Arts and Culture Board, is looking for artists to submit for exhibit at the Fruita Community Center facility. The exhibit is to be placed in the Fruita Community Center in three-month increments. The artist must consider the space desired in drafting the proposal. The [...]
Downtown Advisory Board discusses future
By Kathleen Goddeyne The Downtown Advisory Board met at the Valley Gate Center, at 210 East Aspen Avenue, Wednesday Jan. 9. The meeting included a visit from Marc Cittone, Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Main Street Specialist, and Stephanie Troller, DOLA Community and Economic Development Specialist. Troller was a part of the group of volunteers [...]
Digital reader instruction held at Fruita Library
By Tim Merris If you received an e-book reader for Christmas such as a Nook, Kindle or Sony, the Fruita Library at the Community Center was the place for you this week. Randalee Gross conducted a class on how to checkout and download digital copies of library books. The class was not about how to [...]
Girl Scout Cookie time begins Jan. 27
Special to the Fruita Times It’s Colorado’s sweetest time of the year! Girl Scout Cookies go on sale across the state on Sunday, Jan. 27. Colorado’s Girl Scout Cookie Program runs through March 3, with Booth Sales in front of retail locations starting Feb. 8. Each purchase of Girl Scout Cookies supports girls in developing [...]
Change is in the air for 2013
It is hard to believe but another year has gone by already. It seems like yesterday I was watching the 2012 Rose Parade with Lee and here I am watching the 2013 parade. Just when things are starting to settle down from the holidays and we are all getting back into our routines, Tim comes [...]
Amendment 64 goes official, makes pot legal in Colorado
By Kathleen Goddeyne – Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an Executive Order that made an “official declaration of the vote” related to Amendment 64 Mon. Dec. 10. This formalized the amendment use as part of the state Constitution, which makes the personal use, possession, and limited home growing of marijuana legal under Colorado Law for adults [...]
A call for a moment of silence
Normally I try to interject some humor into my stories. My humor was destroyed this week with the events in Newtown, Connecticut. I have seen a lot of despicable acts throughout my years, but this is just unfathomable. To even have a thought that another human being could do something of this magnitude is literally [...]
Partners holds ninth annual Wrap up for Charity event
By Kathleen Goddeyne - Mesa County Partners is finishing up their ninth Annual Wrap up for Charity Event next week. The nonprofit organization has been wrapping gifts in the Mesa Mall Café Court since Dec. 1. Aly Austin and Mary D’Amico, Mesa County Partners Case Managers, are in charge of the fundraiser, started by Mesa [...]
Generosity of Fruita students will last beyond the holidays
FMHS Interact, Key clubs raise $3,200 for special education class Submitted by Alice McCary At a time of year when many teens are contemplating the gifts they will get this holiday season, students of the Fruita Monument High School Interact and Key Clubs are giving to their peers in the Side-by-Side (SXS), special education program [...]