MEEKER I One man. One mile. One flag. More than 4,400 fallen soldiers. None will be forgotten. Mike Ehredt’s run across the country — he’s covering one mile in honor of every U.S. soldier who has died in Iraq — took him through Meeker last weekend.
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Pfau, school district reach an agreement
MEEKER I Doug Pfau and the Meeker School District have officially parted ways. Monday night, the Meeker School Board approved a settlement agreement that will pay Pfau, who was the superintendent for one year, a severance of $77,000, plus unused vacation and sick days. Pfau had signed a three-year contract[Read More…]
Welded to his art
Anniversary present for his wife was start of Kyle Stewart’s art RANGELY I By trade, Kyle Stewart is a welder. It runs in the family. His passion, however, is using his welding skills to create metal art. Stewart remembers the day he began making metal art. It was Sept. 15[Read More…]
AG Church builds new youth center
MEEKER I There’s nothing secretive or hidden about the new youth center at the Assembly of God Church. Quite the contrary, in fact.
District court clerk to retire after 30 years
RBC I If there has been one constant about Solveig Olson’s job she could always count on it was this — nothing stayed the same. “This job has been ever changing. There’s nothing static about it,” Olson said. “But it’s been a great job.”
Meeker superintendent Pfau won’t return for second year
MEEKER I No one is saying why, but Doug Pfau, the first-year school superintendent, won’t return for a second year. “All we can say is that nothing has been finalized, other than the board and the superintendent have initiated negotiations regarding termination of his contract,” said Mary Strang, president of[Read More…]
Annual John Jarvie Ranch Family Fest set for June 19
BROWNS PARK —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office invites the community to attend the Annual Jarvie Ranch Family Fest at the historical John Jarvie Ranch in Browns Park. The Jarvie Fest will be held on Saturday, June 19, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The event is[Read More…]
Andy Goettel: From teacher to artist
Goettel’s retirement at MHS means he can devote full time to pottery MEEKER | Meeker students celebrated the last day of school May 27. But at the same time, the end of this school year marked the end of an era, as Andy Goettel, longtime art teacher at Meeker High[Read More…]
Ranching Feature: There’s just hardly anything better than a cow
MEEKER I Denise Pearce knows her stuff. She should. She learned from one of the best.
Ranching Feature: Cameras help Scritchfield keep an eye on things
MEEKER I As a single parent with a business to run, Ann Marie Scritchfield figured she could use a helping hand.
Ethel Owens strives to be a good shepherd
MEEKER I In biblical terms, sheep, the Scriptures say, know their shepherd’s voice. For Ethel Owens, that is a metaphorical relationship she understands on both a practical and spiritual level.
Life changed in an instant
Two years after her crippling automobile accident, Celena Miner is living on her own.
