Thank you, Herb Bacon, for supporting community
During these divisive and economically worrisome times, David Brooksâ column on Jan. 10 reminded us that âLeadership matters. Character matters.â No truer statement describes the impactful life of Herb Bacon. This humble, kind and thoughtful man and his family have enriched us all in Mesa County, the state of Colorado and the world.
Ten years ago, I went to the Republic of Georgia to implement a mentoring program for youth involved in the Georgian Ministry of Justice. Herb contacted and gave me a donation to help the Georgian Mentoring Program get started halfway around the world. He and Laura May had visited this former Soviet Union State in 1991 when for the first time in 74 years the Orthodox Churches could ring their bells.
The reopening is contingent on COVID-19 case numbers in Mesa County remaining stable or in decline.
The eight library locations will be open on their regular daily schedules, except that the Central Library will be closed Sundays until fall 2021.
As library buildings reopen, some services and programs will be limited or unavailable due to pandemic-related precautions. Here are details about the reopening:
■ Mesa County Libraries will continue to offer Curbside Pick-Up of materials on hold at all locations. More information about Curbside Pick-Up is available at mesacountylibraries.org or by calling the Central Library at 970-243-4442 or your local branch.
Apply Now to be a Mesa County Artist in Residence for 2021
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Are you an artist in search of a steady gig right here in Western Colorado? If so, the Mesa County Library is accepting applications for the 2021 artist in residence program.
The program will accept three artists in 2021 for terms of roughly 14 weeks each. Selected artists must occupy the studio at least six hours per week, and will work with library staff to provide at least three library programs during the residency.
Who s eligible? The 970West Studio Artist in Residence program is open to artists 18 and older residing in Mesa County. Applicants must also have a valid Mesa County Library card. Artists from a variety of mediums will be considered.
Donations will go to blankets for elderly
AARP Colorado is hosting a Western Slope No-Contact Blanket Drive through Jan. 4 to provide new, unused blankets to local nursing home residents to help beat isolation and send some love during this difficult time, a news release said.
An online $10 contribution will provide a new lap blanket, âgift wrapped and delivered to the residents of local nursing facilities, who have suffered during this tough time, isolated from loved ones due to the pandemic and plagued by loneliness and depression,â the release said.
Blankets will be delivered to residents of The Oaks Assisted Living Facility in Fruita, and Eagle Ridge of Grand Valley, in Grand Junction.