Here are some pictures from around Mesa County government this week. Enjoy!
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| Andy Tyler, left, and Nanci Quintana, emergency preparedness and response specialists at the Mesa County Health Department, take a break from Incident Command System training Thursday afternoon. Tyler joined MCHD this week (after interning there in 2014), and Nanci is bringing him up to speed. |
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| Department of Human Services Deputy Director Scott Aker, left, and Kelly Graff, who received the DHS/WFC Values Champion Award. |
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| CONGRATULATIONS to the DHS/WFC 2015 Leadership Institute Candidate Graduation with Senior Leadership Team. |
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| Teresa Nees spent Wednesday through Friday at the Colorado Weed Management Association annual conference at the Avalon Theatre. |
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| Mesa County Animal Services' very own, Sherman, is making a bid for 2016. |
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| Teresa Nees from Mesa County Weed and Pest speaks to local ditch managers and users at the Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance meeting recently. |
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| Mesa County Planning Director Linda Dannenberger, left, and Brian Rusche, of Grand Junction City Planning, talk at the same Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance meeting. |
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| The Mesa County Assessors Office is holding a Coat Drive. Donate new or gently used coats, jackets, sweaters, hats and gloves in this box in the lobby of the Old Courthouse, 544 Rood (6th Street entrance). |
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| The 13th annual Children's Giving Tree is also up in the lobby of the Old Courthouse. Pick up a tag, buy and wrap a gift for the child and return it to the Assessor's Office by 5 p.m. on Dec. 21. This benefits children in the Mesa County Foster Children's Program. |
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| Another picture of the giving tree. |
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| This is another picture from the Weed Management Association annual conference this week. |
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| Mesa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chadd Searcy at the Shop With a Cop event at Mesa Mall. |
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Mesa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Wayne Keane at the Shop with a Cop event at Mesa Mall.
The five photos below show Mesa County Department of Human Services foster care staff filling Christmas stockings for children in foster care.
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| Deputy Kandyce Stuckenshneider graduating from the police academy. |
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| The Patriot Guard joined local law enforcement and the Grand Junction Fire Department in honoring a local hero Thursday night. Brandon Smith was recently on active duty for the U.S. Army in South Korea when he died on a helicopter during a training exercise. He was escorted under this giant American flag. Citizens lined the streets to pay their respects. |
