MEEKER — The lights went out in parts of Meeker on Saturday afternoon when two electrical poles were pulled down on First Street, next to Stage Stop, turning the power off in the downtown district as well as other businesses and residential neighborhoods in the area.
Month: June 2009
Memorial service to be held June 27
MEEKER — A memorial/remembrance service for Patty (Raley) Long will be held Saturday June 27, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kilowatt Corner 233 Sixth St. in Meeker.
Experts provide information on energy projects
RBC I More than 40 community leaders attended an informational meeting June 10 in Meeker, with Don McClure, vice president of EnCana, and Dean Tinsley, director Piceance Highlands Division for Williams Energy, at Mountain Valley Bank.
Opinion: This is the county’s newspaper … and both towns’
Dee Weiss, who has strong ties to both ends of the county, which is appropriate, given the topic I am writing about this week, recently shared a publication with me I had never seen before.
Letter: Thanks for supporting benefit auction, bingo
Thank you to the community of Meeker and family of Toni (Carroll) and Brandon Simmons for supporting the benefit auction and bingo held on May 17.
Williams gas plant update
Steve Allen, right, Meeker fire chief, visits with Jeff Madison, Rio Blanco County natural resources specialist and planning director, during a tour June 4 of the new Williams Gas Plant in the Piceance Basin.
Classic cars pass through Meeker
A number of antique cars, traveling on Highway 13, passed through Meeker on Saturday.
Meeker man wins Father’s Day contest
MEEKER I Thomas L. Kilduff served as the 3rd RD Force Reconnaissance in the Marine Corp from 1967 through 1969 during the Vietnam War. The 3rd RD Force Recon consists of a group of five teams that go behind enemy lines to gather information.
Engagement: Brown ~ Overton
MEEKER — Jayden Brown announces that her mother, Stephanie Brown, daughter of Kevin and Wanda Brown, is soon to marry Lee Overton, son of Doug and Deb Overton.
Letter: Daughter loses mom’s valuable diamond ring
I took a very valubel Dimond Ring to school and I lost it. I made a very bad mistake because I stole the Ring from my mom.
Letter: Alzheimer’s walk will raise funds, awareness
Today an estimated 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. In addition, 78 million baby boomers are approaching the age of greatest risk for developing this fatal disease. Now is the time to act to end this epidemic.
Out Of His Tree
Michael Smith takes flight on a backyard tree swing in Meeker, while his sister Carissa waits her turn.