MEEKER I The Barone Middle School girls’ basketball teams split home games over the weekend, hosting Steamboat Springs Saturday morning for seventh and eighth grade A and B games.
Author: Hallie Blunt
Chintala signs with CCC
MEEKER I According to the old saying, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Such is the case for Meeker High School senior Kaysyn Chintala, who recently signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for Colby Community[Read More…]
One of many who make Rangely a great place to live
RANGELY I Opinions vary as to what has changed the most in Rangely over the years, but opinions about what makes Rangely great is consistent. The people are what make the town special and the willingness of those people to support one another makes it “home” to many. Sharon Brown[Read More…]
MHS boys win two, lose to Rangely
MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team came out of the holiday break strong, winning both their games last Friday and Saturday. The Cowboys traveled to Hotchkiss Friday night and beat the Bulldogs 52-37.
Humor, heart handed down through the generations
MEEKER I “There are two lasting bequests we can give our children, one is roots, the other is wings.” this quote is true of many of the people who came to Meeker looking to build a family and a future. Ruth Pearce is one such person, she and her late[Read More…]
BMS girls battle CMS
MEEKER I The Barone Middle School girls’ basketball team started their season Saturday in Craig. Both the seventh and eighth grade A teams found themselves against tough competition but played hard, and know what to work on going forward.
For the Fairchilds, the glass is always half full
RANGELY I In a time when the media is filled with political uproar and all that is negative in the world, it’s refreshing to talk with people who are positive and upbeat. The Fairchilds from Rangely are the kind of people for whom “the glass is always half full,” never[Read More…]
YBA teams wrap up season
MEEKER I The young basketball players from Meeker completed their season on Dec. 15 and 16 with a tournament for all the teams involved. Meeker had one third/fourth grade team in the tournament and two fifth/sixth grade teams.
Still kicking up their heels
MEEKER I The holiday vacation provides great opportunity to spend time with kids sledding, skiing and taking advantage of the great area where we live. Dan and Eve Seeley remember vividly trips to the ski area with a station wagon full of kids. They are another example of family’s finding[Read More…]
Meeker’s fastest 100-yard dash
—Harold Ball’s record still stands 67 years later— MEEKER I From the record-setting 100-yard dash in 1945 to his extensive family history in the area, Harold Ball’s story is an interesting one. He ran a 10.1 second 100-yard dash in Rifle his senior year. He was unsure about the composition[Read More…]
Living in the now: Jean Welder
MEEKER I “Live your life well, and if you can help someone, help them.” Simple words that mean so much, and that exemplify Jean Welder’s philosophy on life as a schoolteacher in four different states at all different levels, and as a yoga instructor for four decades.
Teaching runs in the family
MEEKER I “That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful knowledge, and furnishes to it matter of enjoyment within itself, is of more consequence to real felicity then all the provisions which we can make of[Read More…]
