MEEKER I Colorado Division of Wildlife District Wildlife Manager Mike Swaro has been named a 2009 recipient of the Torch Award by the North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association (NAWEOA).
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Wedding: May, Arnold wed in Alaska
MEEKER | Josephine May and Jeffrey Arnold were married June 20, 2009, at Heritage Baptist Church in Wassila, Alaska. The reception was held at Lake Lucille Inn.
Obituary: Judith Beard
Judith D. Coates Beard, 68, of Dinosaur passed away July 27, 2009, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker. Judith was born July 5, 1941, in Scottsville, N.Y., to James M. and Lois Elizabeth (Ely) Coates.
Baptist parsonage to be dedicated Sunday
MEEKER | Emmanuel Baptist Church will have a dedication and open house for its new parsonage at 2 p.m. Sunday.
MHS’s Chapin, McLaughlin win national competition
Editor’s Note: Meeker High School’s Sage Chapin and Elissa McLaughlin, who will be juniors, won a national competition with their presentation on entrepreneurship at an FCCLA event in Nashville, Tenn. They filed this report.
4-H shooting sports results
Senior archery 1st — Kaitlyn Dinwiddie 2nd — Mason Scritchfield 3rd — Colter Otwell
Spring Creek Fire 90 percent contained
RANGELY | Despite high winds with gusts of 26 mph today, crews working the Spring Creek Fire were able to hold the line.
Obituary: Bonnie French
Longtime Meeker resident Bonnie J. French, 70, died July 14, 2009, at the Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Joneses win four-wheeler from woolgrowers
MEEKER | Allan and Jeanne Jones of Meeker won a 2009 Polaris Sportsman four-wheeler
“Good progress” on Spring Creek Fire
RANGELY | Higher relative humidities and cloud cover helped subdue fire activity today.
Highway 13 construction to begin Aug. 3
RBC I The next phase of road construction on Highway 13 will start Aug. 3 with surveying. Actual construction will start on Aug. 10.
Obituary: Bob Long
Meeker resident Bob Long, 86, passed away July 15, 2009, at Pioneers Hospital following a four-month battle with lung cancer.



