Return to agriculture is about lifestyle, not career
Erin McIntyre Special to the Times The last thing Megan Sears imagined doing when she grew up was mucking out manure and enduring weeks of sleepless lambing season. Yet, she walked away from an 8-to-5 desk job she’d had for seven years to be a sheep rancher and establish a new career and lifestyle for [...]
Monument benefit outlined
Special to the Fruita Times A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows the 435,460 recreational visitors to Colorado National Monument spent $23,251,000 in communities surrounding the park. The spending supported 314 jobs in the local area. “Colorado National Monument is the 25th unit of the National Park System and provides an amazing [...]
Bird in a cage, bull in a china shop
Last week I decided to talk a little bit about ironies. I’m not sure why, but I decided to carry the topic a bit further. As I mentioned in the past, Kathleen, the Fruita Times staff writer, and Tim tend to make everything a competition and it can get a little spicy at times. They [...]
Learning to Live Without
Kathleen Goddeyne They’ll tell you it’s not new anymore, but they’re wrong. I interviewed a Fruita woman who is making a difference in the life of a family friend. Carolyn Berry is working with friends and family members to organize Addi’s Cupcake Trot 5k Run/Walk in honor of a three-year-old girl, Addi, who lost her [...]
DMU zones could change developement
Kathleen Goddeyne Some downtown zoning areas may see a change in design standards. A letter, sent to all Fruita residents in the Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) zone Feb. 27, stated the standard changes for each zone. “We’re not changing a whole lot, other than what (standards) applies to where,” said Community Development Director, Dahna Raugh, [...]
Set clocks forward
Tim Merris You may want to think about going to bed earlier this coming Saturday as Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10. That means moving your clocks forward one hour and maybe losing an hour of sleep. According to Webhibit: In the United States, 2 a.m. was originally chosen as the changeover [...]
Monument benefit outlined
Special to the Fruita Times A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows the 435,460 recreational visitors to Colorado National Monument spent $23,251,000 in communities surrounding the park. The spending supported 314 jobs in the local area. “Colorado National Monument is the 25th unit of the National Park System and provides an amazing [...]
Suds Brothers Brewery one year anniversary
Tim Merris Suds Brothers Brewery, 127 E. Aspen, Fruita, celebrated their one-year anniversary this week. Nearly one year ago to the day, Fruita’s newest microbrewery opened one day after the 2012 Superbowl. Owners Fred and Terri Martinez, along with Rochelle and Jerry Tufly, got together one day and discussed opening another location right here in [...]
Berg hometown airman
Special to the Fruita Times Air Force Airman Elliot M. Berg graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force Core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic [...]