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Volume 15 z Issue 3 z March 2014 z 171st Edition
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Tiny Tykes Childcare & Preschool, in Firestone
Aesthetic Flooring & Hard Surfaces
Not many businesses can say they “cover it all” but Firestone resident, Silverio Garcia can. And he’s been covering floors in and around the Carbon Valley and Mead areas for ten years. Over those ten years they have grown to include many specialty services including custom tile work and superior concrete surfaces that shine like marble. Aesthetic Flooring & Hard Surfaces was started in 2004 by Silverio Garcia and his wife. Silverio started his company as a way to help other flooring installers in the area find work. As a result of his kindness to help them, many of his original employees are still working with the company today! The office staff are veterans also. Aleana started with the company in 2007 and Terri started in 2009. Both of these women live close by and have been in flooring for over 10 years. Customers can expect stellar service from this highly trained, very knowledgeable expert staff. Aesthetic Flooring started as an installation company and over time grew to include floor covering products that are on display in the various, large show rooms. Aesthetic Flooring makes sure that the customers are matched up with a
By Kelly Fordyce Martindale From sea level to mountain tops, starting at Oceanside, California, and ending up in Durango, Colorado, Firestone resident Angel Berdiales, along with team member Carlos Bautista will, again, make the grueling bicycle trip, “Race Across the West.” Starting June 10, the two men will travel from the beach, across the desert, up mountains and down into valleys, covering 860 miles in 2 days and 20 hours or less or be disqualified. That’s 860 miles in under 68 hours. Brutal…that’s the only word that keeps coming to my mind. Along with the question, “Why?” Angel recounted his experience from last summer, at the 2013 Race Across the West (RAW). Angel and Carlos took part in the world renowned RAW which is the first portion of a much larger event, Race Across America. The back story is that Angel, a former professional cyclist from Peru, owns Shalom Bikes in Frederick. In fact, his business is celebrating the 11th Anniversary this year. He and Carlos love biking, live for biking (and their families). So RAW was a great fit for the men. Last year they were able to raise the minimum amount of money needed for registration (almost $3,000) and along with their crew (family members), one van and two bicycles, they headed to California. While they trained for the event and felt they were ready physically, they did not imagine what was to come emotionally. The professional, repeat teams in the race were well equipped with large crews, extra equipment, multiple vans and even RVs for the racers to rest, eat and shower. Angel and Carlos had none of that. “The race is a relay so while I rode, Carlos slept and while Carlos rode, I slept,” said Angel. I asked where they slept. “Curled up in a ball on the
See Flooring M1 (Mead)
See RAW pg. 14
By Robin Barrett
By Peggy Blewett I am excited to introduce you to John Jaquish, owner and Director of Tiny Tykes Childcare & Preschool, the newest daycare in the Carbon Valley area. This adventure started for John and his beautiful wife, Jen, in 2009. While John was working for a child care center in the Boulder area, he fell in love with teaching. Watching the young children and seeing their minds learn and grow and explore their world around them, fanned the flames of a passion within John to build his own home child care center. His first step for making his dream come true was going back to college and earning his Early Childhood Education Degree. He also started searching for a location for his business. This is how John and Jen and their 22-month-old daughter, Jersey, ended up in Firestone. They saw the need for good quality childcare, and they loved that they could start a business and raise their own family in a loving community. Tiny Tykes is licensed for twelve (12) full time children, from
See Tiny Tykes pg. 12
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