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Community Notes: Dec. 30

Beat the Winter Blues,” a reverse raffle and party, will be held Feb. 5 at the American Legion Building in Benson. The evening will feature food, a chance to win $10,000 and music by the Band of Oz. Tickets are $100 for two people. For more information, or to purchase a ticket, call the Benson Chamber of Commerce at 919-893-3825. The Clayton Kiwanis Club will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at Bojangles’ on U.S. 70 Business at Shotwell Road in Clayton. A Health and Fitness Expo is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at Flowers Plantation on N.C. 42 east of Clayton. More than two dozen vendors will be on hand. Cedars Production Studios is in the midst of a fundraiser. The not-for-profit recording studio provides studio time to young singers and musicians. The fundraising goal is $5,000, which the studio will use to seek grant funding to underwrite its cost. Also, Cedars Productions will donate 10 percent of all money raised to With Love from Jesus, a Clayton food bank. To donate, go to https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/CedarsProductionStudios/2015AngelChallenge... http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/article51862560.html

Christopher Motz

Motz, son-in-law to Dick and Marilee Thompson, brother to Greg Motz (Jody) and Gayle Mitchell (John), father to Jennifer Seal (James) and Kelly Benson (Jake), grandfather to Joseph Christopher Benson and a friend to many. Chris was a fourth generation Grand Valley native and had fond childhood memories of helping his grandfather Harold Motz on their East Orchard Mesa fruit ranch. He began dating Linda when he was a junior at Grand Junction High School where he played football, wore his cowboy boots and discovered the music of Jerry Jeff Walker. Chris and Linda graduated from Colorado State University and married in 1979. After beginning a family, Chris moved his family to Glenwood to work in the commodities industry at CQG for five years before settling back in Grand Junction. Chris’ mark will be left on the Grand Valley through construction projects he, his brother Greg and sister-in-law Jody have built through Sun King Construction since they began in 1982. He had a passion for shooting and enjoyed teaching classes at the Grand Valley Training Center. He also became a Mason at Grand Junction Lodge #173 in 1982. Chris had an infectious smile, gave the best hugs, had an incredible work-ethic, a brilliant business sense and a drive to do anything for those he loved. Please join us for a celebration of his life on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 4PM in the Meyer South Ballroom at Colorado Mesa University. The family asks that you wear your... http://www.postindependent.com/news/obituaries/20300652-113/christopher-motz