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…]
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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 …
It’s a Way of Life–July 20 meeting
MEEKER I Acting President Hayden Garcia called the July 20 meeting to order at 6:09 p.m. Pearl North Dodd led the group in pledges. Joslin Spieth gave the council report. The last council meeting was Meeker and Rangely councils combined and they discussed the Barnyard Olympics. Fair is Aug. 2-7.[Read More…]
Range Call Royalty tryouts
MEEKER I Are you interested in representing Rio Blanco County as a member of the Range Call Royalty team? For junior royalty, if you are turning 5-12 anytime in 2021, tryouts are Aug. 21 starting at 9 a.m. at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds in Meeker. No horse is required.[Read More…]