RBC | Apathy is defined as a lack of feeling, emotion, interest and concern. It’s a thing I understand much more than I’d like to. Three and a half years ago, I sat on the shore of an impossibly beautiful mountain lake watching my husband and three babies fish. It was[Read More…]
Author: Caitlin Walker
Shanghaied by the attention engineers {Millennial Musings}
RBC | Have you ever heard of attention engineers? They are technological geniuses hired by big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter whose sole purpose is to get you to spend as much time as humanly possible using their product. As the adage goes, nothing is really free. We pay[Read More…]
Board talks bonds, guns at work session
MEEKER | Meeker’s Board of Education held a work session Monday to discuss a variety of items, but the meeting was dominated by the two main topics: an upcoming bond issue and school safety. The meeting began with a presentation by two Denver-based investment bankers from George K. Baum and Company,[Read More…]
Life is like a roller coaster, and that’s OK
RBC | When I was 13 or so, I went on a youth trip to Elitches in Denver. It was a big deal. I, a shy homeschooled pastor’s kid, was to be released into the amusement park wilds with a bunch of other irrational teens. (Okay, okay, with a one to[Read More…]
ERBM discusses current projects
MEEKER | The Eastern Rio Blanco Recreation and Park District (ERBM) Board met Tuesday for regular business and discussion on some of the district’s “in-the-works” projects, including a revamp of the pond at Circle Park, expansion of the existing trails system, and an overview of the proposed skate park. After regular[Read More…]
Guest Column: The arts are essential for education
RBC | chose my college major based on whether or not I’d have to do calculus. Smart, right? This means instead of going with my original choice of business management (which would have been oh so very helpful now that I actually own a business—darn you, hindsight), I got my[Read More…]
Homegrown business working well for Meeker couple
RBC | Disney, Mattel, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Harley Davidson all have one thing in common. Can you guess what it is? Their origin story. Each of these household names got their start in a garage. At first glance, it might seem like an odd place to[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Millennial Musings: Why my generation needs to read the paper
I’m not a fan of labels, especially ones that come with a whole set of preprogrammed behaviors, mannerisms, styles and even color schemes (ever heard of millennial pink?) But technically, I’m a “millennial.” I like the term “Generation Y” a lot better, or as I like to say, “Generation WHY.”[Read More…]
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Guest Column: There’s a ditch on both sides
RBC | I have fun childhood memories of my grandparents’ ranch. They didn’t have livestock —unless you count the extremely obnoxious Appaloosas who would swipe your soda and suck it down in three seconds flat—but they had all the other essentials. Rusty trucks, barbed wire, endless hay bales and yards[Read More…]
Circle Park pond cost estimated at $335,000
MEEKER | It was a full house at Tuesday’s meeting of the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District (ERBM) board of directors. An equally packed agenda touched on a wide variety of items. After an executive session, the meeting reconvened with a discussion regarding the proposed Circle Park[Read More…]
Future of recycling center undecided; board seeking ways to reduce funding
MEEKER | “People are just so used to going out and kicking out anything and everything down there. I have no problem moving everything but there kind of has to be phases,” Lee Overton told trustees at the most recent town board meeting. Overton, owner of Overton Recycling, is contracted[Read More…]
