MEEKER I This year will be the 104th Annual Rio Blanco County “Old Timer’s Reunion.” It will be held June 4 at Meeker’s Fairfield Center with afternoon activities of registration, visiting and recording of oral history from 3 to 5:30 p.m., a social time starting at 5 p.m., followed by[Read More…]
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Letter to the Editor: Luzmoor’s wife speaks out
Dear Editor: May 1, 2016. Please note the date of my letter, and note the date of receipt. I am writing this letter prior to the Fire Board election. My motivation for that is that I do not want people to think I wrote out of sour grapes if my[Read More…]
Workshop for veterans May 7 in Meeker
MEEKER I There is an informational meeting May 7 for Meeker area veterans and family members to learn more about post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma and free services for which one may qualify.
Incumbents Dodds, Overton and Halandras reelected to fire board
MEEKER I In what has proven to be a hotly contested race during the last few months, all three incumbent candidates for the Meeker Fire Board—Rick Dodds, Sherri Halandras and Doug Overton—were reelected last night by wide margins at a special election held at the Meeker Fire House.
Road work season…
Road crews were busy on Saturday grinding the pavement on County Road 8, east of Meeker, getting ready above to cross the intersection with County Road 4. According to one worker at the site, the project is designed to repave the first 11 miles of County Road 8 from where[Read More…]
Meeker FFA hosts Farm Day May 5
MEEKER I The Meeker FFA Chapter is hosting a “farm day” May 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the baseball field between the elementary school and the green 4-H building. This year’s farm day is completely open to the community, and local residents are encouraged to attend. The[Read More…]
Golfers able to brave the cold for tourney
MEEKER I It was a cold and windy Saturday in Meeker, but that didn’t keep more than 20 people off of the golf course to play in the first tournament of the season, a three-person, 27-hole scramble.
Cowboys drop two against state’s best
MEEKER I Wet spring weather canceled one game for the Cowboys last week and they were forced to play the state’s No. 1 team on a neutral field because of poor field conditions at home. The Cowboys, currently 5-9, are playing for a district playoff berth and a win Saturday[Read More…]
Donkey basketball…
Pioneers Medical Center recognizes its volunteers
MEEKER I April 10-16 is National Volunteer Week, which is a great time to recognize the wonderful people who bring a smile or lend a helping hand to the patients, residents and staff at Pioneers Medical Center (PMC).
Meeker student initiated into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
MEEKER I Talia Rosas of Meeker, Colo., was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Rosas was initiated at Colorado State University.
Letter to the Editor: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ was pure joy
Dear Editor: I want to say thank you to the talented, hard working, devoted theatrical persons for the wonderful “The Wizard of Oz” production. There was about three hours of pure joy you gave us with your talent and hard work. Doris Walters Meeker
