Trappers Lake Lodge celebrated the end of a successful season with a prime rib dinner, cowboy poetry and music, a cash bar courtesy of the Meeker Lions Club, and plenty of prizes last Saturday at the Fairfield Center in Meeker. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTOS
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Thank you, Meeker! Once again the generosity of folks here in town has been soundly demonstrated in the collecting of 445 shoebox gifts for the 2022 Operation Christmas Child campaign. Each one of these shoebox gifts has been packed with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items by local churches[Read More…]
HEY, JAY
According to the CornellLab Merlin Bird ID ap, this is a Steller’s Jay. These birds are widespread in North America from Alaska to Nicaragua. We enjoyed the nice pop of color they brought to our morning coffee and bird watching session on a dreary winter day. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTO
GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scouts Aspen Jessop, Blakely Ragsdale, Ryann Holmlund, Cora Ragsdale, Jayden Carslay and Aspen Shoup made a special visit to the Walbridge Wing last Friday to deliver handmade ornaments to residents. | ETHAN STICK PHOTOS
CITIZENS OF THE YEAR
Gus and Christine Halandras are the Meeker Chamber of Commerce’s designated Citizens of the Year for 2022 for their many decades of service to the Meeker community. The award was presented at Saturday’s Mountains & Mules end-of-the-season event put on by Trappers Lake Lodge. | CAITLIN WALKER PHOTOS
BLM planning prescribed burn in Piceance Basin
MEEKER | The Bureau of Land Management is planning a prescribed burn at the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker. The burn is scheduled between Dec. 12, 2023 and Mar. 30, 2023, weather permitting. Prescribed burns reduce hazardous fuels near residences, improve range conditions, and reduces catastrophic wildfire[Read More…]
ON YOUR MARK …
Want to test your mettle at a different kind of extreme winter sport? This year’s Meeker Skijor is coming up soon — Dec. 30-Jan 1 — and registration is currently open at https://www.meekerskijor.com/registration. This year’s race will be held at Ute Park, weather permitting. Saturday’s theme is “Mardi Gras” and[Read More…]
VERY MERRY
Santa made a visit to the Fairfield Center on Saturday for “Breakfast with Santa” hosted by the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District and the Meeker Lions Club. Pictured are Jackson, Dehlia, Ruby Dee and Opal Varland. | NIKI TURNER PHOTO
CELEBRATING THE SEASON
Steven Brickey’s truck was the chosen winner of the “Clark Griswold” award at Meeker’s Parade of Lights last Wednesday, sponsored by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce. The parade was followed by a fireworks display and included caroling and cocoa at the Pioneers Health Foundation’s Jingle Mingle event in the Meeker[Read More…]
Meeker Public Library creates new teen advisory board
The Meeker Public Library recently announced their newly founded Teen Advisory Board (TAB), a student-led volunteer organization that strives to gather teen input to make suggestions for the teen materials collection, create teen programs and facilitate a welcoming community for teens at the library. Kristina Selby, Library Assistant and founder[Read More…]
WREA raising rates 4% in 2023
MEEKER | It has been five years since WREA last increased its rates which means the cost of electricity has remained the same since January 2018. During this same five-year period, WREA’s electric loads and corresponding revenue decreased by 25% with the decline in oil and gas production in the[Read More…]
MHS social studies students attend board meeting
MEEKER | Meeker High School students attended the Monday’s regular school board meeting as part of their social studies curriculum, making it the largest group of students present at a meeting in recent history, according to board members present. MHS Principal Amy Chinn said the winter band concert has been[Read More…]
