Loose Ends: A tree grows in Meeker

Someone should declare a do-over for the tree planting part of the Arbor Day celebration. While it was officially celebrated a week or so ago across the state, there has been no word about how the high-country communities still digging out from the long winter actually commemorated it. Officially, the holiday is traditionally the final Friday of April in Colorado, while across the country each state decides the date according to their climate. As the…