August 5 rodeo results #8 Team Roping – Kash Atwood/Jeff Salazar Mixed Team Roping – Lori Ann Klinglesmith/Lenny Klinglesmith #11 Team Roping – Kash Atwood/Brett Watson Jr/Sr Team Roping – Leah Wood/Kash Atwood Dally Ribbon Roping – Leah Wood/Deana Wood Open Breakaway – Lori Ann Klinglesmith Ladies Breakaway – Paula[Read More…]
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ERBM discusses projects, pool, priorities at special meeting
MEEKER I As tax revenue freefalls in Rio Blanco County, special districts are facing difficult decisions about where, when and how to spend increasingly limited funds, and the ERBM Recreation & Park District board is no exception. The full board of directors met Tuesday, Aug. 10 to discuss capital improvement[Read More…]
Franklin receives Meeker Classic memorial scholarship
MEEKER I Each year the Meeker Classic Memorial Scholarship is dedicated in honor and memory of exemplary individuals who have been involved with the Meeker Classic, but have now passed away. The 2020 Meeker Classic Scholarship is awarded in honor of the late Dan Wood to Meeker High School graduate[Read More…]
August 12 Rodeo Results
AUGUST 12 RESULTS: # 8 Team Roping–Kash Atwood/Clay Reynolds Mixed Team Roping–Deana Wood/Cody Edinger #11 Team Roping–Joe Wood/Kash Atwood Open Team Roping–Joe Wood/Kash Atwood Jr/Sr Team Roping–Whitt Watson/Brett Watson Dally Ribbon Roping–Kash Atwood/Clay Reynolds Ladies Breakaway–Deena Norell Open Barrels–Jodi Kirby Jr. Barrels–Landree Tate Bulls–Logan Durham Jr. Breakaway–Leah Wood
MURAL MASTERS …
The Wild West Lives
MEEKER I Rylee Allred, 16, is super excited about her horse this year. She joins three other members of the Rangely-based Allred family who have participated for the last three years in the Meeker Mustang Makeover. Last year Rylee trained a yearling. This year she took on a 3-year-old mare[Read More…]
OM, OM, OM, OMELETTE …
Meeker community theater made a comeback this past weekend, with several hundred enjoying three performances of Meeker Arts and Cultural Council’s Something Rotten! More photos of the performance are posted on Wendll’s Facebook page, courtesy of Bobby Gutierrez.
Raise a glass to Glou Glou
MEEKER I Vanessa Trout is no stranger to the business world. As the current owner of Blanco Cellars, The Little Cheese Shop, and now her patio Glou Glou, she has brought many shopping opportunities to the community. As a result, she is broadening her customers’ horizons with every purchase. Glou[Read More…]
SECTION CORNER …
This is just a little bit of a history lesson. Several years ago I was surveying a parcel and trying to find corners along the north boundary of what was then the Town of Meeker. The town is described as lying within the resurvey of Government Tract 67. Without going[Read More…]
New Meeker visits old Meeker
MEEKER I Youngest of five siblings, visited the town that inspired his name this summer. The Masters family hails from Lincoln, Nebraska. When Kim Masters was pregnant with her youngest in August 2019, the family traveled to Colorado for a family wedding at Trappers Lake. Kim, who is originally from[Read More…]
Town denies waiver of permit fees for PMC retail pharmacy
MEEKER I Meeker’s Board of Trustees denied a request from Pioneers Medical Center (PMC) to waive building permit fees for the construction of a new retail pharmacy center on Tuesday. In a letter addressed to the Town of Meeker, PMC CEO Liz Sellers wrote, “We are excited to be able[Read More…]
BERRY YUMMY …
