Advance Preparation Checklist ❏ Prepare an emergency plan using the five P’s–people, pets, prescriptions, papers and priceless items should all be accounted for.❏ Assemble an emergency kit (https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/survival-kit-supplies.html)❏ Clear away all flammable vegetation from within 30 feet or more of your home. Also, clear 10 feet from propane tanks.❏ Cut[Read More…]
Author: Herald Times Staff
Wilkie named to President’s List
RANGELY | Hannah Wilkie of Rangely, Colorado, has been named to Chadron State College’s Spring 2021 President’s List. The list consists of students with a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. To qualify, students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework, be seeking their first bachelor’s[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: May 20, 2021
The Meeker Herald125 years ago The river went down rapidly during the past 10 days. School closed yesterday with very credible entertainment at courthouse hall. Ezra Flemming made it to town with about 400 head of cattle he purchased from the San Luis valley. The Meeker Herald100 years ago The[Read More…]
Obituary: John Anthony Daugherty
Jan. 14, 1940 ~ March 18, 2021 John was born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to Leo P. and Rachel (Clardy) Daugherty. He was raised in Gypsum, Colorado, graduating from Eagle County High School in 1958. He married Carol Ann Harris (of Minturn, Colorado) on Nov. 22, 1958. They moved to[Read More…]
News Briefs: May 20, 2021
White River clean-up day May 22 MEEKER | Join us Saturday, May 22 at the bottom of the Lake Avery dam for a morning of White River clean-up starting at 8:30 a.m. We will pick up trash there before stopping at several public river access sites on the way down[Read More…]
PROM ROYALTY …
Meeker High School 2021 Prom royalty were First Attendants Mason Holliday and Ethan Drake; Queen Sophia Goedert and King Cooper Main; Second Attendants Sierra Gomez and Braydon Garcia; and crown bearers Fletcher Chinn and Carson Cook. | COURTESY PHOTO
Obituary: Doris Irene (Rienau) Valora
Dec. 19, 1933 ~ Jan. 30, 2021 Doris is preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rienau and her ex-husband, Preston Valora, Jr. She is survived by her three children, Dona A. Valora of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Jack D. Valora of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and June T. Valora of[Read More…]
Obituary: Cecil E. Lollar
March 27, 1938 ~ May 2, 2021 Cecil E. Lollar, 83, of Rangely, Colorado, passed away on May 2, 2021, after a brief stay at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. Cecil was born in Pensacola, Oklahoma, to Claude and Cecil (nicknamed “Monie” by her grandkids) Lollar on March[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: RBC clerk on recall, Response to Dr. Dorsett
Moyer recall petition declared invalid Dear Editor: In the final order, reference was made to C.R.S. 30-11-103.5 which county petitions are governed by. Other statutes referred to are CRS 31-11-106(1), CRS 31-11-106(4), CRS 30-11-106(5) and CRS 31-11-101. The above statutes referred to all sections of any petition being pre-numbered serially[Read More…]
SUMMA CUM LAUDE …
Kinzy Burke graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley on May 8, 2021. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Kinzy was the 2020-2021 College of Natural and Health Sciences Academic Scholar Award winner. A second and prestigious honor Kinzy received was the[Read More…]
NEWS BRIEFS: May 13, 2021
Community theater is here! MEEKER | MACC will be holding auditions for a community production of the hilarious broadway hit, “Something Rotten!” Thursday, May 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the MHS Auditorium. We are looking for people who would like to try acting, singing and dancing, and also for a[Read More…]
Days Gone By: May 13, 2021
The Meeker Herald125 years ago “The weak spot in a majority of mankind is that they do not know how to think.” Although the mining season is barely open yet, numerous important strikes are reported from the Hahn’s Peak belt. The walls of the new Meeker hotel are beginning to[Read More…]
