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Prepare to have your hearts warmed! It's the season of giving and Mesa County Libraries and Grand Valley Catholic Outreach have come together for the eleventh consecutive year of community connection. Catholic Outreach Volunteer Coordinator Ellen Riemer and Mesa County Libraries Head of Collection Management Betsey Dick sat down with us to discuss the uplifting history of providing well over 1,000 gifts to local underprivileged individuals through...
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More than ever, mental health needs all of the support! We sat down with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Western Slope to discuss the amazing FREE resources NAMIws offers our community. Program Director Leslie Kent and Executive Director Kevin Barclay share the history of NAMI, what tools NAMI offers to help individuals and families with mental illnesses, and upcoming services for 2021.
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Running is fun… right? Library Assistants Amberlee and Rose Marie share with Bethany and Emmi why on earth they enjoy the worst type of exercise of all time. All joking aside, physical fitness is to the body what reading is to the brain. You need to do it for your mental health! Listen in as these ladies share how running (as well as other types of exercise) aid in the strengthening of their bodies, souls, and minds.
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Dixie and Leon Stanton reminisce about the downtown businesses that populated F Street during the 1960s and 70s. Leon was the extension agent for Chaffee County and remembers 4H and his crew, including Bernice Miller, who helped out during fairs. Dixie sang in the Methodist Church choir and also worked for Bob Biglow's surveying company.
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Listener discretion is advised for this episode. Trigger warnings are listed below for each banned book discussed. 1:50 - 9:45 Perks of Being a Wallflower, 13 Reasons Why: Suicide 10:10 - 18:38 The Hate U Give: Death, shooting of a black student by a white policeman 18:45 - 34:40 George: Transgenderism 35:00 - 44:40 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Content frightening in nature (spooky!) 44:45 - 52:08 Prince & Knight: Teen Suicide, LGBTQ+ 52:16...
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Have you ever read an article from The Onion and laughed? Have you then observed a family member share that same article on Facebook, believing it was fact? How do you politely let her know what she's sharing as "truth" is actually satire? Information Literacy and Digital Literacy sound like big, scary, words the average person wouldn't use. But when it comes down to it, Information Literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize...
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It's finally here! Virtual Comic Con at Home runs October 1 - October 31, complete with: ►Now - Oct 22 Comic Con Art Show: visit our Central Location to see the art in person, or see our Facebook album) ►Oct 1 - 31 All Ages Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (register now) Prizes include: mystery bags filled with graphic novels, Comic Con swag, local gift cards, and much more! ►Oct 2 - 9 Comic Con Take and Make (available while supplies...
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Welcome to Community Conversations! A series of conversations Mesa County Libraries staff has with passionate and informed community members. On our first ever Community Conversations episode, Bethany and Emmi sat down with the Tremaine Jackson, Head Football Coach at Colorado Mesa University. Hired in late 2019, Coach Jackson has navigated a wide variety of changes not only related to how he adapted running practice of a team of 100+ players due...
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It's the spookiest time of the year and we invited two special guests to discuss double murders, elevator ghosts, supernatural activities, the valley curse, and casket caves! A special thank you to Bob Silbernagel, author and journalist, and librarian Ike for joining us on this creeeEeepy episode!
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Lucy Ela discusses John Otto, the Colorado National Monument, and the settlement of Glade Park. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the 1936 Grand Junction High School yearbook.
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Helen Wilson talks about the life of her father, Robert “Bob” Ross, co-founder of the Ross Business College, important educator in Fruitvale, Colorado, and an early settler of that area. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society. *Photograph from 1936 Grand Junction High School yearbook.
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In an interview from May 14, 1981 (audio only, no transcript), Basil T. Knight talks about his youth in Michigan, meeting his wife’s family in Palisade, Colorado and ultimately moving there, operating a fruit farm, and becoming a lifelong teacher and school administrator. He explains the mechanisms that originally funded the many smaller school districts on the Western Slope, including taxes on railroads, and the reasons for the consolidation that...
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A KOTO Radio news archive recorded from 1979 to 1980, in Telluride, Colorado. This is a very long recording (about 3 hours and 20 minutes) so please see the transcription section to use the timestamps to jump between tracks. Rita Robinson is the interviewer. 1.) The Jazz Festival review with Plumley in September 1979. 2.) Sklare’s reaction to the accommodation tax: September 1979. 3.) Joe Crane discusses the new water tank in Telluride: October...
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Abandoned buildings, mine camps, and towns, oh my! Librarian Ike shares the secret past of Mesa County Ghost Towns. Librarian Noel discusses the re-initiation of the Oral History Project, a partnership with the Museums of Western Colorado, and the rich local history available at Mesa County Libraries!
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Adam is the best thing to happen to the 970West Studio. Change my mind. But for real, learn how to use the 970West Studio for free! Librarian Ike is back and a little too secretive about Dolores Cave. Learn more about local archeology findings in the Rashleigh Regional History Room!
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Join our Director Michelle and Associate Director Shana as they discuss two of the most important Mesa County Library updates for 2020 – fine free policy and our new strategic plan!
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Our 970West Studio visited TEDxGrandJunction the weekend of March 8, 2020. Check out our interviews with inspirational speakers and enthusiastic attendees alike! The 2020 Census is now live! Colorado will gain $2,300 in federal funding for each individual who completes the census, so visit 2020census.gov and get to censusing!
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Interview with Iris Stotler on February 4, 2005. Iris was born May 24, 1918 and died May 18, 2012. She remembers all the changes that occurred in downtown Salida and all of her teachers at Salida High School. Iris loved swimming at the Wellsville pool, ice skating on the Little Arkansas, and roller skating at the rink in downtown Salida.
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Raymond Myers gives an eyewitness account of the Grand Junction train depot fire of June 27, 1943. Myers talks about repairing a hotbox (overheated axle) on the westbound Denver and Rio Grande ammunition train prior to the fire, about the fire itself, and the munitions that exploded over Grand Junction as a result of the fire. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums...
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Al Look describes the history of Faquawah, a group of Mesa County, Colorado businessmen who enjoyed camping and carousing in Southeastern Utah. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *A recording of the Faquawah meeting itself was not put online, but can be requested at the Museums of Western Colorado.