Firm Foundation Childcare open house Feb. 18 MEEKER | Firm Foundation Childcare (FFC) is hosting an open house on Sunday, Feb. 18 from 2-4 p.m. at 1032 Jennifer Dr. in Meeker. Firm Foundation Childcare (FFC) is a large childcare Center caring for children 6 weeks to 7 years old in[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
LOOSE ENDS – Rolling in the dough
Recently the Oregon Trail Historical Society decided to up their game and promote their little hometown museum on social media. Recipes for Pioneer Sourdough Bread and one small sample of sourdough starter were promised. The TikTok video was such a hit that it soon went viral. This new type of[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – February 15th, 2024
Democracy requires participation Dear Editor, We are privileged to live in America where we enjoy the benefits of a democratic society. How blessed we all are! However, with privilege and blessing comes responsibility and effort. We have a representative government. A government that is “of the people, by the people,[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS – Letters from history, No. 35
White River Agency, Colorado April 14, 1878. Sir: On November 28, 1879, I responded to your circular No. 26 concerning issues to Indians individually instead of to families, and therein I showed that, in the weekly issues, the requirements were so difficult and impossible of performance that I would be[Read More…]
LOOKING FOR LESTER
Information wanted! The man on the left in this photo is Lester Burns, pictured with George Wilber. Mr. Burns worked as a ranch hand at several upriver ranches in the 1920s. He went missing in 1931 and his body was never found. If you have any old photos or other[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS – Farthing
A farthing is a British coin worth a quarter of a British penny, or 1/960 of a pound. Not much value there. In 1918 a Dr. Farthing in Rio Blanco County was worth his weight in gold. Dr. Charles H. Farthing was recorded in the county clerk’s records as certified[Read More…]
Student Spotlight: the struggle is the reward
Dear me, The reward isn’t as good without the struggle. I wish I could have hugged you and told you the first time that you walked onto the wrestling mat in your bright pink tights that wrestling would be your only focus, technique and style your only concern. But that[Read More…]
What to do, what to do … with all those holiday cards
I think we all hope that holidays will bring us joy, love, cozy nights with cocoa, and a good movie perhaps. I really hope it did for you, and I hope you have found some recovery if it did not. But for me, year after year, the month following the[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY – February 15th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago Some traitors are bad, and others are merely good men who have been converted from the error of their ways and are no longer available for campaign use. A young lady from the outside gives Meeker great praise for the good dancing and nice[Read More…]
Public comments on CPW’s rec. plan due Feb. 28
PRESS RELEASE Every five years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) leads the development of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), to maintain eligibility for funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to inform investments from other federal, state, local and private programs. Given the significance of outdoor[Read More…]
Piceance prescribed burns underway
PRESS RELEASE The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning pile burns in the White River Field Office between Jan. 31 and March 30, 2024. The 415-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker on BLM public lands in Rio Blanco County. The pile[Read More…]
Christian, Torsell punch tickets to state tourney
The Panther wrestling team competed in the regional wrestling tournament in Cedaredge last weekend. Cameron Preciado wrestled very well and placed fifth in his first high school regional tournament. Preciado had a very successful season, finishing at 26-16 at 106 pounds. Aydan Christian had a very good tournament finishing second,[Read More…]
