Nowadays, teachers can casually stroll out to their vehicle in the morning, which may be already warmed up during winter time with the help of a remote car starter. They drive at speeds of 25 mph+ to work while sipping a thermos of coffee and enjoying the music or podcasts from their Bluetooth radio. Once […]
Continue readingTeen Reviews: Roses
Finding a book I like and am willing to finish is very difficult. But as I started Roses I found that a book is more than meets the eye and more then what others say about the book. I normally do not enjoy books that take place in the early times but Roses had an enchanting […]
Continue readingFarm-to-Table
Farmer’s Market season is upon us in the Grand Valley, offering fresh produce, homemade goods, and much more (including Neighbors Read at the Downtown Farmers Market each Thursday from 5:30pm-7:30pm). These weekly markets provide the perfect opportunity for farm-to-table cooking. Farm-to-table (also known as farm-to-fork or field-to-fork) is where restaurants—as well as some school cafeterias—source […]
Continue readingTeen Reviews: The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze
Awesome book in the Riordanverse. As you read you will find yourself worrying about characters they have introduced, and you’re always trying to guess the end so it’s full of surprises and always keeps you on your toes. Beloveded characters return, and you truly see Apollo’s growth as a character from the beginning of the […]
Continue readingNeighbors Read is moving to the Downtown Farmers Market beginning June 21!
The weekly Mesa County Libraries Neighbors Read family story time is moving to the Grand Junction Downtown Farmers Market every Thursday evening beginning June 21, 2018. Neighbors Read will take place 5:30-7:30 p.m. each Thursday in the 600 block of Main Street. Neighbors Read is a family-oriented story time in which members of the community […]
Continue readingRalph Dinosaur to play June 30 benefit concert for library foundation
The Mesa County Libraries Foundation will present Ralph Dinosaur and the Fabulous Volcanos in concert the evening of Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Grande River Vineyards in Palisade, Colo. The outdoor show kicks off the winery’s annual summer concert series, Hear It Through the Grapevine, and happens during the annual Colorado Lavender Festival in Palisade. […]
Continue readingJune 19 -why Juneteenth is important
What is Juneteenth and why does it matter? It’s a little-known part of the history of emancipation from slavery, and part of the twisted, delayed, and elusive process of African-American freedom. There are other, more historically significant dates in emancipation history: Sept. 22: the day Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Order in 1862 Jan. […]
Continue readingIQ by Joe Ide
If you read IQ, by Joe Ide, and are reminded of Sherlock Holmes, you’re not wrong. Ide grew up in South L.A. and devoured the Conan Doyle stories. His creation, Isaiah Quintabe, is a young black man almost destroyed by grief and rage when his older brother/surrogate parent Marcus is killed by a hit-and-run driver. […]
Continue readingTeen Reviews: Anger is a Gift
I picked up this book thinking it was going to be about how anger can be used as a power. When I started reading I was surprised about what it was about. It is about a boy who lives in a run down town and has to deal with police brutality in schools. I could […]
Continue readingLocal History Thursday: Renaissance Man Al Look
What didn’t Al Look do? In his life, the longtime Grand Junction resident homesteaded near Dove Creek, Colorado, worked as an advertising manager for Durango and Grand Junction newspapers, wrote a popular column for The Daily Sentinel, became a knowledgeable amateur archaeologist, geologist and paleontologist who was involved with important dinosaur and Paleo-Indian digs in […]
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