| Office space being built at rapid rate north of I-70
About 14 years ago Steve Meyer was driving along a stretch of Horizon Drive when he noticed a small building on a piece of land north of Interstate 70. Something about the building caught his eye, so he decided to stop his car and take a closer look. What he found was a building and grounds in need of some work. "I looked at the grass. It was brown," said Meyer. who managed Shaw Construction’s Grand Junction office at the time and was named its president in 1995. "I drove around, then walked up and looked in through the windows. You could see that it was abandoned." Curious still, Meyer said he then headed off to the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s Office to find out more about the property. He figured out the property had fallen into the hands of the Resolution Trust Corporation.
To Kill a Turkey
Ken Wulf told me exactly what to expect. I'd hold my bird's head and body down to the ground. I'd put a paring knife in its mouth and cut the back of its throat. Then I'd hang on — "a turkey is a very strong animal," he warned — while its lifeblood spurted out. "You'll be able to feel it," Wulf said. "When the last heartbeat goes, you'll know it's dead." Wulf imparted this information casually, across his kitchen counter. The Dane County poultry farmer, whom I'd called out of the blue the day before, readily assented to my request to "process" my own Thanksgiving turkey. To him, it made perfect sense. To me, it was a harder sell, despite being my idea. I knew if I planned to have turkey for Thanksgiving — or on a sandwich for lunch — it was appropriate that I do this.
Charity hopes to help foster self-sufficiency
The United Way of Northern Nevada is calling for a summit of community leaders to find new ways of helping people help themselves as a means of strengthening the economy during these times of rising home foreclosures and unemployment. When it comes to new businesses, home ownership and other financial indicators, Nevada is one of five states that fails to provide opportunities for its residents, according to the Corporation for Enterprise Development, a nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., that promotes entrepreneurship and savings. Declining sales and sales taxes also are rippling through the economy, forcing local and state governments to cut costs. "More and more hard-working families are having troubles making ends match," Karen Barsell, president of United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra, told the Washoe County Commission last week.
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