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Grab your partner! Square dancing strengthens friendships

Jan 27, 2023 10:15AM ● By Deborah Lazear

Two local clubs are reviving the legacy of square dancing.

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Your FREE guide to aging well available now

Dec 22, 2022 03:02PM ● By Cloie Sandlin

To help you start the year off right, we’ve come out with our 2023 BEACON Guide, your guide to aging well in Western Colorado.

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Writers forum inspires plenty to write about

Oct 03, 2022 12:16PM ● By Jan Weeks

If you want to stretch your mind and creativity, consider attending a Western Colorado Writers’ Forum meeting.

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Gaining independence with a disability

Aug 01, 2022 03:42PM ● By Diana Barnett

Center for Independence empowers seniors and disabled individuals with tools and resources.

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Food Bank fights food insecurity with EverGreen Boxes

Jun 28, 2022 11:12AM ● By Jan Weeks

Food Bank fights food insecurity with EverGreen Boxes for seniors.

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See what's blooming at the Ute Indian Museum

May 03, 2022 02:49PM ● By Deborah Lazear

The Ute Indian Museum's ethnobotany garden is a relaxing and quiet place where visitors can find peace and ponder the lives of the Utes.

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All speeds welcome: Mesa Monument Striders appreciate Western Colorado’s beauty on foot

Apr 04, 2022 02:10PM ● By Lauren Berg

Mesa Monument Striders' weekly runs offer a range of distances catering to each person's goals and ability.

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Sunset Slope Quilters spread love and comfort

Feb 24, 2022 02:44PM ● By Jan Weeks

In an age of high tech and throw-away thinking, there are people who still craft the old-fashioned way. Sunset Slope Quilters encourages members to stitch for pleasure, for heritage, for charity, and for the upcoming Mesas to Monuments quilt show.

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Mesa County 2023 BEACON Guide

Dec 23, 2021 11:50AM

The 2023 Guide includes hard-to-find phone numbers, informative articles, and all the resources you would need to age well in Mesa County.

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Woman smiling with a blue shirt reading "A Girl and a Gun."

A Girl and a Gun club empowers female gun owners

Dec 22, 2021 04:14PM ● By Terri Benson

Born and raised in Wyoming, Kathleen Wilkinson, 67, was familiar with weapons but had never done any shooting. That all changed when her husband, a Top Gun pilot, passed away in 2020.

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A group of 12 Uptown Art Colony ladies pose with their art work.

Grand Junction's Uptown Art Colony offers collaborative space for artists

Sep 27, 2021 11:56AM ● By Mike Youngren

A dozen Grand Valley women who have made a big mark—in pastel, oil and mixed media—on the local art scene.

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Group of 14 ladies in costume pose while performing in "Oklahoma!" for Magic Circle Players

The show will go on with Magic Circle Players

Apr 26, 2021 03:18PM ● By Kathy Applebee

Magic Circle Players adapts performances to pandemic times

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