November, 2021 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Obituaries

Obituary: Shane Everette Eskridge

April 20 , 1973 ~ Nov. 5, 2021 Shane Everette Eskridge was born on April 20, 1973, to Larry Eskridge and Deby Martindale Eskridge (Merriam) in Craig, Colorado. Shane left this world much too early at age 48 on Nov. 5, 2021, with his family by his side. Shane grew[Read More…]

November 23, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Kaye’s Corner: Feeling grateful

Given the rough past two years of COVID and other complications in our lives, it might be challenging to think of things we’re grateful for. In preparation for Thanksgiving, I asked myself what I could celebrate this year. Here goes: • Last year we were nearly bedridden with positive COVID[Read More…]

November 22, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Vaccination should be a personal choice

Dear Editor: The vaccination mandate proposed in this docket is a knee-jerk reaction to an un-charted and unpredictable man made virus. Unlike Polio, there is currently no vaccine that will put an end to the ever evolving variants of this virus. There is no argument that the vaccines approved by[Read More…]

November 22, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Wing appreciates generosity

Dear Editor: The staff and residents of the Walbridge Wing would like to send out a big thank you to our wonderful community for the Halloween candy donations. Our residents and the children all had a wonderful experience. Thank you so much for being so generous. Jean Gianinetti Meeker

November 22, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Outrage addiction

My grandma used to buy those supermarket “rags” in the checkout line. The over-the-top headlines and doctored photographs were just barely plausible enough you could imagine stories titled “Santa found frozen in chunks of ice,” “Jesus action figure heals the sick” and myriad references to Elvis being alive and well[Read More…]

November 22, 2021 by editor 1 comment

DAYS GONE BY: November 18, 2021

The Meeker Herald 125 years ago • Not until we know a man’s heart, have we any right to say that we know him. • Suffering often puts into the human voice a tone that seems divine. The Meeker Herald 100 years ago • The first issue of the MHS[Read More…]

November 22, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Cowboys end season in Buena Vista

MEEKER I For ten seniors on the Meeker Cowboy Football team, the quarter final playoff game was their last high school football game to be played. The seniors this year were Zagar Brown, Damik Chintala, Liam Deming, Zach Eskelson, Ty Goedert, John Hampton Hightower, Porter Hossack, Trinden Powell, Zach Simonsen,[Read More…]

November 21, 2021 by Tiffany Jehorek Comments are Disabled

STATE VOLLEYBALL 2021

Volleyball ends season at state tournament MEEKER I Meeker Cowboys Volleyball took the court this past weekend at the Colorado State Championship Tournament at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. Twelve teams qualified from around the state. This is the first year that the tournament had bracketing similar to the[Read More…]

November 21, 2021 by Tiffany Jehorek Comments are Disabled

Junior high basketball

The Barone Middle School seventh grade boys basketball team played and won last Saturday in Hayden, maintaining their undefeated status. The BMS eighth-grade boys won one game and lost another. | Matt Scoggins and Tania Valeriano Photos

November 20, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Chatting with ‘Dandy Dan’

The HT has been on location for the first two showings of Meeker Arts and Cultural Council’s Bugsy Malone Jr. this week. We chatted with seventh-grader Tucker Chinn, AKA dapper gangster Dandy Dan, about the play and the drama program. Here’s a transcript of our short conversation (lightly edited for[Read More…]

November 19, 2021 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

Why ‘just say no’ doesn’t work: pathophysiology of addiction

Part 2 By DAVID BERRY, M.D. Founder, providence recovery services Winston Churchill is quoted as saying; “Everyone has an addiction, the key is to find one that is socially acceptable.” As a person in recovery nearly 20 years I can relate to this comment. I spent years trying to find a[Read More…]

November 19, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Getting to know your community journalists

We’re not cyborgs, we promise! (Sounds like something a cyborg would say, right? ) Take a read through this Q and A to get to know a few of us at the HT. You may have noticed we ran out of room for head shots in the print edition this[Read More…]

November 17, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment