Meeker

RE-1 superintendent finalists are chosen

MEEKER I In executive session on Tuesday night, the Meeker School Board of Education pared its search for a new Meeker School District superintendent to two candidates from Colorado.

Death Notice: Nellie Stewart

Nellie Stewart of Meeker died Friday June 14, 2013, at the Walbridge Wing at Pioneers Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today (Thursday, June 20, 2013) at the Meeker United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery.

Turning 90…

Macaela Cooley, left, is the only grandchild of long-time Meeker resident and lawyer Frank Cooley, who celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday,

Donation…

Rio Blanco Fire Protection District received a request from Stanley Crawford at Meeker Elementary School for donations to help with create emergency disaster kits in each classroom.

Fishing is fun…

Many kids and their families showed up at Circle Park in Meeker on Saturday to enjoy Youth Fishing Day, sponsored by the Colorado Division of Parks and the ERBM Recreation and Park District.