“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” ― Robert Fulghum Ah, change. That’s practically a four-letter word around these parts. I chuckle a little when folks who’ve been here a year[Read More…]
Author: Niki Turner
COUNTY BEAT – August 1st, 2024
RBC to join Mesa and Montrose counties in lawsuit over severance tax funding RBC | In a special meeting held Monday, July 29, the Rio Blanco County Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the county attorney’s office to join a lawsuit against the State of Colorado alongside Mesa and Montrose counties.[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN : The stories that color our lives
“You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built in the human plan. We come with it.” ― Margaret Atwood, author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Humans are wired for storytelling. Before the written word, before the printing press, before radio or television or the internet, we preserved our history, our[Read More…]
Memorial Service Notice: Diana R. (Beach) Storie
Diana R. (Beach) Storie was born in Meeker, Colorado, on April 21, 1966. She passed away Feb. 22, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A memorial service in her honor will be held Friday, Aug. 2 at Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at 10 University Circle in Pueblo, Colorado at 4[Read More…]
Editor’s Column – The parable of the two travelers
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning” I came across this parable months ago, lost it, and just found it again.[Read More…]
More yoga classes, new instructor coming to Mountain Charisma
MEEKER | Mountain Charisma (646 Main St.) is introducing a new option for yoga classes with a new instructor in August. Dr. Lizzie Ross is a nutritionist, osteopathic physican and an athlete in her own right. “I fell in love with yoga when I was playing ice hockey on the[Read More…]
Grafted in… New owners for Off the Olive Branch
MEEKER | Meeker “foodies” and dedicated home chefs can breathe a little easier — Off the Olive Branch will remain in business under new ownership following the announcement in May that longtime residents and store owners Jerry and Julianne Belland were moving to Florida. The shop, which provides specialty flavored[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Thoughts become words, words become actions
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it…”― Martin Luther King, Jr. If you’ve ever played Pictionary, you’ve watched (or been) the person tasked with communicating a clue grow increasingly animated[Read More…]
Status update on Lake Avery, Rio Blanco Lake projects
MEEKER | People seeking relief from the heat with a day at the lake may be surprised to find low water at two popular recreation sites. Lake Avery and Rio Blanco Lake are both undergoing repair projects conducted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). Lake Avery Update Lake Avery, 14.5[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Be like Gordon
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” ― Mark Twain As a child one of my favorite books was called “Gordon the Goat,” by Munro Leaf. The story of Gordon, a Texas goat who follows the lead goat because that’s[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT
RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners Doug Overton and Jennifer O’Hearon were in attendance for the June 25 regular board meeting in Rangely. Commissioner Ty Gates was absent. Road and Bridge Director Scott Marsh talked about some new methods for road maintenance they are testing on County Road 33. Commissioners[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Division begins — and ends — with all of us
“A republic, if you can keep it.” ― 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin’s response to the question: “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 Even before the live viewing of Grumpy Old Men Pt. 2 — oh, sorry, the debate — and[Read More…]
