A Herald Times reader made a suggestion the other day for column material. Initially, I rejected the suggestion, yet upon a closer look realized that the idea had merit. His view was that events and situations occur regularly throughout the community which spark the question, “What were they thinking?”

“How do you re-enact a battle that no one won?” Roland McCook asked Meeker community members when the Ute historian and preservationist spoke at a luncheon a few years ago.

It is probably the most commonly asked question of both town and county residents. “How come you know everybody?” is asked by all ages of first-time visitors to our community. The most recent questioner was a preschooler, who was baffled each time she accompanied her grandmother to the grocery store,[Read More…]

The local historical society’s recent fundraiser gave quite a few residents a jump start on spring cleaning. Items for appraisal were brought in by attendees of the event and a silent auction followed. The popular television show, “Antiques Roadshow,” has introduced the process.

Spring is just a figment of your imagination. The season begins in March in most places and here a month or two later. March, April, and May are the months it comes in much like the old proverb, “It comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.” The[Read More…]

It is a good thing that the small-town library of my youth didn’t turn over their regular overdue book offenders list to the local constabulary. I used the library daily, often losing track of the materials checked out in my name.

The annual spring fling for state politics has arrived. Gubernatorial candidates are jockeying into position for the fall election. Not long after Gov. Bill Ritter announced he was not seeking re-election, sand was kicked up by possible candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties.