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Palisade, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Palisade! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How nearly 100 campfires helped save Palisade’s beloved peaches overnight
- Which Palisade golfers are closing in on a 3A state berth?
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Winds becoming strong, with a high of 77 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 62, low: 41.
- Friday: Nice with periods of sun, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Family lights nearly 100 campfires to save fruit orchard from fluctuating weather temps (thecooldown.com) — A Palisade Peach Shack family lit nearly 100 small fires through their orchards to protect peaches, apricots, and cherries from a sudden hard freeze, limiting losses to about 10%. Their all-night effort underscores how increasingly erratic weather threatens Palisade’s iconic fruit crops and the local economy that depends on them. 
• D51 girls getting into full swing of golf season (gjsentinel.com) — Palisade High’s girls golf team is in strong position for the 3A state tournament, with five Bulldogs ranked inside the top 84 and the team sitting 12th statewide. Junior Maddox Rewold and sisters Lili and Lexi Taylor currently look safely in, while several teammates battle for the final individual spot.
📸 Around Palisade
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Atlasta Solar Center Ribbon Cutting
Atlasta Solar Center , 584 25 Rd , Grand Junction
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Wine Down Friday at Restoration Vineyards
Restoration Vineyards , 3594 E 1/2 Rd , Palisade
3:00 pm -
The Pen and The Glass Open Mic Night at Carboy Winery
Carboy Winery at Mt. Garfield Estate , 3572 G Road , Palisade
4:30 pm -
Colterris Collections After Dark
Palisade Chamber of Commerce , 3708 G Road , Palisade
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Cameo WCPS Precision Rifle Club Match Every 4th Sat of the Month
Cameo Shooting and Education Complex , 3934 I 9/10 Road , Palisade -
Cameo Steel Challenge Monthly Match Every 4th Saturday of the Month
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Junktown Flea Market
Mesa County Fairgrounds
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Vin.Yasa Yoga - EVERY SATURDAY!
Carboy Winery , 3572 G Road , Palisade
11:00 am
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Western Colorado Job Fair
Grand Junction Convention Center , 159 Main St , Grand Junction
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Family Storytime - Clifton Branch
Clifton Branch
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The Librarians — Clifton | Everyday Democracy Series
Mesa County Libraries Clifton Branch , 3270 D 1/2 Rd Building A , Clifton
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Family Storytime - Orchard Mesa Branch
Orchard Mesa Branch
10:00 am
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
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🗞 Nearby News
Clifton
- Affidavit: Man drank a bottle of vodka before punching gay man (gjsentinel.com)
- Xcel Energy Warns Mesa County of Potential Power Shutoffs (junctionnow.com)
Orchard Mesa
- Best draft picks in Denver Broncos history (gjsentinel.com)
- Okagawa Farms open for season while remaining for sale (thebusinesstimes.com)
- River District proposes actions to address drought (gjsentinel.com)
Grand Junction
- Grand Junction Business Incubator Center earns global honor (thebusinesstimes.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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