MEEKER | Cowboy golf head coach Willy Theos and his boys will begin their season on Aug. 1 at the Meeker Golf Course. Those wishing to join the golf team can contact coach Theos or come to practice which will be held at 5 p.m. every weekday until school starts.
Author: Special to the Herald Times
COUNTY BEAT: July 26, 2022
RBC | In work sessions Tuesday, July 26, RBC Human Resources Director Laura Smith updated commissioners on changes surrounding employee policies and procedures to comply with legislative changes. Some of the changes involve the family leave plan and unemployment benefits, among others. Commissioners also discussed evaluation systems and employee pay[Read More…]
Cowboy football season starts Aug. 1
MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboy football team will hit the field Monday, Aug. 1 for their official start of the fall season. This year the Cowboys have a new head coach Andy Coryell, and while he is new in his role as head coach, he has been with the team[Read More…]
RBC students graduate U. Wyo
RBC | Rio Blanco County students awarded degrees by the University of Wyoming upon completion of the spring 2022 semester include Austin Ficken of Rangely, Bachelor of Science; Macy Jaye Collins of Meeker, Bachelor of Science; Paula W. Cooper, Bachelor of Arts; and Natalie E. Simonsen, Bachelor of Science in[Read More…]
Days Gone By: July 28, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • Black crickets are becoming dangerously plentiful on the divide between White and Yampa rivers.• E.D. Hayden is laying the foundation of a handsome residence on Park Avenue. Mr. Hayden will build with stone in modern architectural style, and will incidentally give Meekerites and idea[Read More…]
Obituary: Jim Brown
Oct. 8, 1947 ~ May 18, 2022 Jim Bancroft Brown of Meeker, Colorado, died peacefully in his daughter’s home in St. John, Indiana, on May 18, 2022. He was 74 years old. Jim was born to James Buchanan Brown and Martha Fair (Bancroft) Brown on Oct. 8, 1947, in Grand[Read More…]
Editor: Prioritizing = putting first things first
“Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.” ~ Thomas J. Watson (1874 – 1956), Industrialist, Former President of IBM Change is hard, and letting go of things is harder[Read More…]
21st century citizenship: four civic skills we need to keep our democracy
As primaries roll out around the country, we’re tracking voter turnout. Raised on Schoolhouse Rock’s cartoon civics lessons, I know that being a good American means voting. Those 1970’s cartoons weren’t wrong. Voting is the most fundamental act of democratic citizenship. That’s why it has been fiercely contested throughout our[Read More…]
Ditches are a vanishing paradise
Annette Choszczyk lives in rural western Colorado these days, but when she was a kid, the Highline Canal in Denver was her summer paradise. “To us, it was river and a playground, complete with rope swings, swimming holes, crawdads and a trail alongside it that adults and kids could walk[Read More…]
Letter: Time to switch
Dear Editor: Perhaps you remember when there was enough water to launch a boat from the ramps on Lake Powell. Or when CPW didn’t have to close fishing streams because the water temperature was too high. Or when forest fires didn’t explode, launching embers that started spot fires two miles[Read More…]
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT …
Mayor Kent Borchard signed a proclamation supporting the Meeker Police Department through annual community-building campaign National Night Out, happening Tuesday, Aug. 2 this year. | COURTESY PHOTO
Family reunion brings wisdom for marriage
A few weeks ago, I attended a family reunion. This year, we were encouraged to share with the others how many years we had been married. I don’t know most of these distant relatives on a personal basis, so I was amazed at the number of couples who had passed[Read More…]
