Meeker
District of the Year…
Board members of the White River Conservation District attended the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting in Beaver Creek on Nov. 16-19. The district was presented with the “District of the Year” award by the Colorado State Board of Conservation for the members’ hard work and dedication to the[Read More…]
ERBM Volleyball…
The ERBM Recreation and Park District offered a youth volleyball program in Meeker for the first time this fall. A combined third- and fourth-grade team played in-house games with the combined fifth- and sixth-grade team, split into two teams, traveled and played in New Castle and Rifle. The fifth- and[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Obama has no common sense
Dear Editor: There is a total lack of common sense. Mr. President Obama, if I could remove what little common sense you have from your brain and place it on the sharp edge of a razor blade, it would look like a tennis ball rolling down a four-lane highway. My[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Venting frustrations
Dear Editor: I had to remove my signs along Highway 64 west of Meeker. I was afraid that people stopping to take pictures and to look might cause an accident. I thought maybe I could vent my frustrations through the paper. Jeramee Brumback Meeker
Christmas shopping at the Wing…
Thanks to the generosity of Meeker area vendors and volunteers, the residents of the Walbridge Wing at Pioneers Medical Center had a good time shopping on Dec. 10 for free gifts for Christmas giving.
Obituaries: Pat and Jim McFarland
Jimmy D. McFarland was born on Nov. 23, 1938, at Breckenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, to Hubert V. McFarland and Leona Pearl Simpson McFarland. He died on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.
Eskelsons expanding Bowstrings business
MEEKER I Jeff and Kristen Eskelson purchased Rocky Mountain Bowstrings, Inc., from Bill and Erma Rucker in 2010, and since then the business has continued to thrive and grow.
Chamber Bucks available
MEEKER I The Meeker Chamber of Commerce is now selling Chamber Bucks for use with most Meeker merchants in an effort to keep local shopping dollars in town. If you or your business would like to give Chamber Bucks as holiday gifts, please stop by the Meeker chamber office at[Read More…]
MSD certifies property tax levy, receives mixed test results
MEEKER I Certifying the 2015 county property tax mill levy to fund the school district for the next year was the primary task of the Meeker Board of Education (BOE) on Dec 8. The district operates on a general fund mill levy of 6.542, resulting in $5,057,335 of local property[Read More…]
Pull out the snow shovels…
The streets are slushy and the Market Street sidewalks are unshoveled as seen during the snowstorm last week in Meeker. Meeker Town Hall is reminding all Meeker residents it is their duty to keep residential and business sidewalks clear of snow or to possibly face a fine up to $1,000—even[Read More…]
Obituary: May Mobley
May Mobley (Florence Maude Caldwell) was born July 2, 1920, on the Keystone Ranch to Ernest Truman Caldwell and Florence Matilda Bailey.
