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Former pro player brings training method to Meeker

MEEKER I Jason Otter’s School of Basketball will have a two-day basketball camp at Meeker High School June 5-6. Jason Otter, inventor of the Otter basketball efficiency of movement basketball training system, is widely consulted by the top Division I and high school coaches in the country.

April 10, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Weather ends first track meet of year

MEEKER I It was a track meet. Almost. Meeker High School’s track team competed in its first meet of the season Saturday at West Grand Invitational in Kremmling. However, the meet was called because of weather, before the final events were completed.

April 10, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

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Is it any coincidence Tax Day and National Stress Awareness Month are both in April? Lots of Americans are coming up short-handed when they finish their income taxes this year. Blame it on the Making Work Pay Credit, a provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

April 9, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker’s peewee wrestlers celebrated after having 23 wrestlers place, including seven crowned as champions, at a tournament last Saturday at Craig. The team has a home meet April 17.

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Meeker peewees crown seven champs at Craig

MEEKER I Thirty-two peewee wrestlers from Meeker competed in the Craig tournament Saturday and 23 placed in the top four, including seven champions. Brothers Kelton and Casey Turner, Tannen Kennedy, Wyatt Pfau, Jake Shelton, Colton Wille and Cody Nielsen all won their respective brackets.

April 9, 2010 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Danny Conrado will take office as a town of Meeker trustee Monday.

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Conrado joins trustees, along with mayor, two incumbents

Editor’s note: Danny Conrado is the newest member of the Meeker Town Board of Trustees. He will be sworn in April 12, along with returning Trustees Regas Halandras and Rod Gerloff and Mayor Mandi Etheridge.

April 9, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Four seek coroner’s position

Editor’s note: There are four Republican candidates, all from Meeker, for county coroner. A primary election will be held in August, but Saturday’s Republican County Assembly will determine which candidates go forward and in what order their names appear on the ballot. Following are their responses, in alphabetical order, to[Read More…]

April 7, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Yampa Watershed meeting set for April 29

MEEKER I Yampa Watershed is a partner of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and is working with the agency to host the 2010 North Platte-White-Yampa Watershed Conservation Input Forums. A meeting will be held April 29 from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at Kilowatt Korner.

April 7, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Do you wish someone a “happy” April Fool’s Day? Tradition has it today’s informal holiday began sometime around 1582 when the Gregorian calendar was introduced by Charles IX in France. The Gregorian calendar changed the beginning of the year from the last week in March to January 1. (And we[Read More…]

April 7, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Range Call will mark 125th anniversary

This Fourth of July will mark the 125th anniversary of the Range Call Celebration. This year’s schedule of events feature country music artist Neil McCoy, Wild West variety show and pageant, expanded fireworks show, plus all our traditional favorites.

April 7, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Josephine French’s family says thank you

The family of Josephine French would like to thank our neighbors and friends for everything after the loss of our mother. We also would like to thank the caregivers at the Walbridge Wing for the loving care they gave her. God bless you all.

April 6, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Brandon Benitez, Sam Alldredge, Doak Mantle, Josh Cochran, Austin Russell, Caleb Bradford, Chase Rule, Casey Turner, Garrett Frantz and Jared Owens (front) wrestled in the afternoon session for the first peewee wrestling tournament of the season last Saturday in Rifle. Several Meeker peewee wrestlers will compete in Craig this Saturday.

Young wrestlers compete at Rifle

MEEKER I Several Cowboys from Meeker spent their final Saturday of spring break competing in the season-opening peewee wrestling tournament in Rifle. Twenty-six Cowboys wrestled and 18 placed in the top four, including five champions.

April 6, 2010 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Letter: Thanks to all who were part of benefit

We would like to thank everyone who was able to attend the welcome home benefit dinner for Kacey Pozorski at The Bistro March 20. We were overwhelmed with the amount of people and there generosity. A great time was had by all. We would like to give a great big[Read More…]

April 5, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled