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83rd Annual Grand Junction Lions Club Parade and Carnival

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February 16, 2012

Last year I did a blog after the carnival on how much money was raised and how much fun we had.  This year I’d like to do a pre-emptive strike and talk to you about what this carnival means to Grand Junction.

The Lions Club Carnival is the only fundraiser that we do every year and this year the we have granted almost $100,000 to 14 local organizations including:

-Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado

-GJ Baseball Committee/Suplizio Stadium Renovation

-Western CCC Partners

-Roice Hurst Humane Society

-Mesa Land Trust

-Orchard Avenue Elementary

-Grand Valley Audubon Society

-Western Slope Center for Children

-Grand Mesa Nordic Council

-Pomona Elementary

-Fruita 8-9 School

-Little Sprout Preschool

-Mesa County Pro Bono Project

-Chipeta Elementary

This year’s theme is “Hollyweird” and we all enjoy getting to dress up, parade through downtown and then start the carnival.  If you haven’t been to carnival, you absolutely must!  There are booths with cakes, bacon and eggs, Enstrom toffee, groceries and much more.  For as little as a quarter per game, this is a great family event.  We also sell raffle tickets (books of $5 and up) and there are many prizes to be had including a hot tub!

So, if you want to purchase tickets or come out and play, we would love to see you.  The Parade starts at 1pm on Saturday and the Carnival runs from 5-9pm at Two Rivers Convention Center.  You can purchase tickets at your office prior to Saturday or on Saturday.  Come out and enjoy the carnival!

Hollyweird-GJ Lions Club

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Home Again

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November 2, 2011

It certainly has been an interesting summer.

In this blog,  I just want to share our joy at being back in our normal office, some technology we upgraded, and some pictures.

The Flood:

As many of you have read and experienced, the office suffered some major water damage in June.  By mid July, we were dry enough to assess the damage and begin the rebuilding process.

At the end of September, we were able to move back “home” even though we still did not have front office furniture.  A couple of desks had to be used, but it certainly was worth the wait.

The Finished Product:

We are now fully operational!!

Front OfficeThis is the patient view while checking out.  Cindy was added to the team the week of the flood and had to make due with us over at the temporary office, she is most pleased with the space, and we welcome her home with our team.  This back wall was full of charts and bookshelves that are no longer needed as we are, for the most part, paperless.

Many of you may remember the machine that took up half of the hallway in the back of the office.  Not only has the machine been replaced, but it now has a room of it’s own to call home.  I am proud to say everything is now fully digital.  This particular machine will take several different x-rays.  It will take the x-ray we call a panorex, which goes all the way around your head and checks bone, sinus, and other structures of the whole head.  It will take what we call bitewings, which are the cavity detecting x-rays. It will take a complete sinus view. And it will take two different views of the TMJ.  We are finding this machine to be very useful, easy to use, comfortable, and fast.

The cameras we use to take pictures of teeth, although excellent quality, were replaced due to software incompatibility.  I am proud to say we love the new ones as much as the old, and have the added capability of using light waves as a cavity detection aid. This by no means takes the place of diagnostic skills, and good x-rays, but it is a great aid in those “questionable” areas.

Some of the office is the same as before, but with a few decorating tweaks it is looking new and refreshed.

None of us miss the 70′s office space, but we do miss the eye doctors and their team in that building, and we so very much appreciate the availability of that space.  We appreciate everyone who went above and beyond to allow us access and use of the office.

Again, I would very much like to thank you all for your patience, willingness to endure the 70′s, and encouragement.  I hope we can always provide you with “Dental Health for the BEST of Your Life”.

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Flood Update

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August 22, 2011

It has been a while!!!!

The office experienced a flood the middle of June which has put the blog and web page changes far behind what I would normally like.

The Story:

I received a call, from the building maintenance manager, on a Sunday afternoon sounding something like this:  ”Dr. Stein, I am standing in your lobby looking through your mail slot and there is water dripping from your lights.  Can you come let us in so we can assess the damage?”

Come to find out the water had run from Thursday night until it was discovered Sunday.

The Damage:

Ceiling tiles all over the floor, computers full of water, a warped front desk, warped bamboo flooring, a lab full of waterlogged equipment, and the vision of much work to come.

The Result:

We packed like mad to remove what we could save and get it into storage.  The damaged equipment was left for evaluation.  The office was cleaned out of furniture, carpet, and flooring.  We feverishly looked for a dental office we could use to treat patients during the rebuild period. After about one month of drying, we were able to start rebuilding and assess better the damaged equipment.

The Progress:

The damage was discovered June 12, 2011, and as of today August 22, 2011, we are still waiting for the drywall and flooring to be completed so we can get equipment and supplies moved back in to our office.  It is getting closer, and we are hoping to be back “home” within the next month.

The Team:

I have to hand it to my team.  They all went above and beyond getting us back up and running.  We had two days of patients that needed rescheduling while we cleaned an older office that was sitting empty.  Once the office was cleaned we were up and running relatively well again.  It is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it works, and we are so very thankful it was available.  They endured the sweltering heat due to no AC and having to use our cell phones for the first month. They have made the best out of the cramped space, the supply shortage due to storage space, and the micro mini front office with only one phone.  I so appreciate the professionalism the whole team has shown during this time of crisis.  Thank You!!!!

The Patients:

Thank you all so very much for making the trip to the different location.  Your belief in great dental care and unwillingness to put it off for any reason is refreshing and a welcome breath of fresh air during this jostling time.  I hope we have done everything we could to make that decision a great one for you. We have teased many of you about bringing the 70′s theme back with us just for you, but I am afraid you may have to do without the disco and the wallpaper.  The main office is coming along too nicely to go back in time, so I think we will just have to keep moving on into the future of modern dentistry with more modern surroundings.  I hope you will be pleased.

Home Again!!!!

We are hoping to be back home again by the end of September.  There is still a lot of work to be done, but I am confident we can get it done.  You all know we will give it our best effort.

Look for a follow up blog once everything is back in order.  I will try to include pictures, new technologies, and any other exciting changes we are able to incorporate in the “new” space.

Thank You All

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