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5 days ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
The scent of new carpet is about to give way to the aroma of dinner cooking or of clean laundry tumbling out of a dryer. The scents and sounds of home are about to become a reality at Mother Teresa Place. In the coming days, residents will move into the downtown apartment building, leaving chronic homelessness behind and opening the door to a place they can call their own. The front exterior of the Mother Teresa Place is seen on April 11.
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5 days ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
The upcoming Earth Day Community and the Arts Gathering will include a reading featuring a lineup of local and regional writers. The event will go from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, April 19, at Confluence Studios, 660 White Ave., with eco-friendly demos, make-and-take projects, booths and a pop-up art exhibit.
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5 days ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
George and Dee Tompkins met in a tennis/ski shop on a day when neither was supposed to be there. Dee Tompkins should have been at work, but had gone to a job interview instead, and then she planned to play tennis with her mom. She needed some tennis shoes, so she stopped by the shop, and there was George Tompkins. George Tompkins was then serving in the U.S. Army, but had been sent home that day because he had just gotten his wisdom teeth out.
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5 days ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
From calls of “He is risen!” at Christian church services to children eagerly searching for decorated eggs and sweets, Easter Sunday is nearly here. In honor of the holiday, enjoy this look at various Easter trends, traditions and fun. UP AT SUNRISESunrise services on Easter morning are a tradition for many, recognizing that Jesus Christ’s followers found an empty tomb early the morning of his resurrection from the dead. Here are details for a couple of sunrise services planned in the Grand Valley.
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1 week ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
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1 week ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
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2 weeks ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
As summer turns to fall, the doors finally will be opened to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Grand Junction temple. Dates were announced on Tuesday for the September open house and October dedication of the temple, which is located near the roundabout at 12th Street and Horizon Drive. The public open house, which is for anyone who wants to see the inside of the new temple, will be Sept. 11–27, according to a news release from the church.
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2 weeks ago | 
victoriaadvocate.com | Ann Wright
As summer turns to fall, the doors finally will be opened to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Grand Junction temple. Dates were announced on Tuesday for the September open house and October dedication of the temple, which is located near the roundabout at 12th Street and Horizon Drive. The public open house, which is for anyone who wants to see the inside of the new temple, will be Sept. 11–27, according to a news release from the church.
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2 weeks ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
For Sonia Gutierrez, however, they are both part of her route through the business world. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Mexico and owned Dos Reales Tortilleria in Grand Junction for more than 20 years. “When I helped my parents run their tortilla factory, there weren’t the (business) resources for them in Spanish,” Gutierrez said.
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2 weeks ago | 
gjsentinel.com | Ann Wright
Supervision and a hefty emphasis on kitchen safety comes with handing over those knives, of course, but in general kids are eager to just “cut things up,” Lapidus said. So she puts them to work chopping, slicing and dicing because good knife skills are an excellent place to start when learning to cook and getting comfortable in the kitchen, she said.
