In 1957 on April 1, the BBC broadcast a three-minute report on their current affairs program. The television program featured a family in Southern Switzerland harvesting a bumper crop of spaghetti from their Spaghetti Trees. This black and white TV segment aired in Great Britain to an audience of about[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Loose Ends: Over the hill
Face it, we have all become members of the over-the hill gang. These past few years have changed our lives in one way or another. There was a time in this valley when only the old-timers among us seemed to use that phrase to describe their trips outside of the[Read More…]
GIVING BACK …
Barone Middle School Student Council representatives Dexter Chinn and Ryan Hanberg, now in seventh grade, presented a check to the Meeker Education Foundation (MEF) for $516.89. Last spring, BMS Student Council members organized a “penny wars” fundraiser. “We wanted to do something to give back to the community and we[Read More…]
Days Gone By: Sept 22, 2022
The Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago ◆ Bricklaying on Oldland & Co.’s new store room began Wednesday.◆ James Fullerton is a taxidermist as well as a photographer. See his notice elsewhere in this issue.◆ Monday last a fire started in the pine and spruce forest at the head of[Read More…]
Conservation Corner: Plant life cycle
There are 3 major stages of the plant life cycle. The 3 stages are seed, growth, and reproduction. The seed (germination) stage is the beginning of the plant life cycle. The first stage begins when the hard outside of the seed coat melts, exposing the seed embryo to the soil.[Read More…]
Scoggins completes Navy BT
Navy Seaman Timothy L. Scoggins, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Scoggins recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois. He is a 2022 graduate of Rangely High School. During the 10-week program, Scoggins completed a variety of training which included classroom study and[Read More…]
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS: Sept 22, 2022
Blessing of the Animals Oct. 1 MEEKER | The St. James’ Parish invites the community to join them in honoring the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment with our Blessing of the Animals service on the church lawn at 4th and Park[Read More…]
RIO HAPPENINGS: sept. 12 – 18, 2022
ARRESTS There were no arrests for the week of Sept. 12-18. CALL SUMMARIES 9/13/2022 @ 7:07 a.m. A search and rescue was initiated for an overdue Sheepherder. The missing party was last seen at 7:00 am the day before. The Sheepherder was found at 12:53 pm on Tuesday, approximately 15[Read More…]
Cross country races in GWS
The dual peaks of Mt. Sopris held an ever watchful gaze over the competitors of the Demon Invitational this past Saturday, as Glenwood Springs hosted six teams at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Campus. A new venue this year, the course consisted of grass, asphalt, gravel, and single track[Read More…]
Guest Column: Protecting your values in Denver
Colorado’s tremendous beauty and rich western culture is the reason so many of us chose to live here. It’s the reason Colorado finds its place among many people’s dream places to visit. If we haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet — howdy, I’m Rep. Perry Will. I was honored[Read More…]
Building strong communities could be a team sport
I got to thinking about some of my small-town neighbors when I read that the Denver Broncos football team, which is just starting its new season, was sold for $4.6 billion. The principal new owners are Walmart heir Rob Walton and his daughter and her husband. Their ownership group also[Read More…]
7th and 8th grade Barone Middle School volleyball underway
MEEKER | On Saturday, Sept. 2, Meeker seventh grade volleyball A and B teams defeated Rangely. The Meeker B team won the first set 25-11 and the second 25-16. In the first set Althea Halstead (39) served 10 times in a row which led to the first set win. In[Read More…]
