Stephen Woody
Roberta Hoey says there’s about 20 tickets left for Saturday’s big doins’ at the Montrose Pavilion - the annual Montrose Altrusa Club Spring Show. Info & tix: 249-3873.
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Happy Birthday Greetings!
One of Life’s Good Guys (and former CNN exec, and cancer survivor), Jim Kitchell, celebrates.
Dept. of incidental info….
Most popular baby names in U.S.:
Boy: Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Ethan.
Girl: Emily, Emma, Madison, Abigail, Olivia.
So say the folks over at the Social Security Administration.
I see by the paper…..
Now and then, I visit Williston, North Dakota and do some consulting work. It’s a lovely place, but in the winter, it’s best to take a sweater. Or two.
The Williston Daily Herald reports how chokecherry has been voted by the state legislature as the “official” fruit of North Dakota.
What’s noteworthy is that the bill was co-author by a group of Williston elementary school students and state legislators from the Williston area.
Chokecherry trees are a familiar site around Williston. Chokecherries were used by early North Dakota settlers going back to the 19th century for jams, syrups and wines. Susan buys the Woody household chokecherry jam at our local farmer’s market and it doesn’t last all that long.
This raises the question, of course?
What’s the state fruit of Colorado?
Wednesday, from 5 to 7 p.m., Olathe Middle School teachers Keller, Snyder and Schneider, will be serving as wait persons at the A&W/Long John Silver’s in Montrose, located next to the airport.
(Jackie Schneider says its your yearly chance to have them wait on you “hand and foot.”)
Actually, the event raises money from the evening to send Olathe Middle School seventh- graders to a field trip to Mesa State College.
Montrose Elks Club members Roger Conant and Ken Miller (Exalted Ruler) chime in with how the Montrose Elks Lodge #1053 has received a special request from the military in Afghanistan for regular telephone cards for the troops serving there.
Montrose Elks Club members have donated more than 10,000 minutes/cards to the soldiers in uniform, so they can call family and friends.
You can help by buying phone cards (not pre-paid cell phone cards) and dropping them off at the lobby of the Elks Lodge on Hillcrest Drive, across from the Black Canyon Golf Club.
Of good things…..
The San Juan Cancer Center Fund Drive Committee is hosting ‘The Last Round-up,’ an evening of cowboy poets to celebrate the reaching of $1 million for the SJCC.
It’ll be at the Montrose Elks Lodge from 7 to 10 p.m. Food, a cash bar and other goodies.
Poets: Slim Farnsworth, Brent Winston, Shorty George, Charlie Ware.
Info: Francie Smiles, 252-2814.
Kudos, also, for artist Melissa Chapple who designed one dandy of a souvenir poster for the event.
The city of Montrose’s 125th celebration is coming Wednesday, May 2, with an evening at the Montrose Pavilion. An all-day celebration, including parade, tours, a car show and lots of entertainment and activities will be Saturday, May 5, in Centennial Plaza. The Chamber of Commerce has the details, 249-5000.
Of anniversaries…..
Coffee houses have been around for centuries, but Montrose didn’t have a bona fide coffee house until this date, eight years ago, when Dee & Phuong opened up The Coffee Trader.
Since then, more have opened. And since then, too, Dee & Phuong have expanded into other Montrose locations, and into two Grand Junction venues.
But “The Trader” was the original here in Montrose, at least in recent memory. It’s been a place where deals have been made, where conspiracies have been fomented, where romance has taken root, where fund-raisers have been held. They’ve been a good community citizen, and have served a good cup of Joe. Congrats on another year in business.
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