Meeker
Letter to the Editor: DI teams winners, not stumblers
Dear Editor: I am disappointed in your headline. Your headline about the Destination Imagination teams diminishes their incredible accomplishment. None of those teams stumbled. In fact, they have accomplished things and learned life lessons that many adults still need to learn.
Susan Goettel resigns as RE1 superintendent
MEEKER I Susan Goettel, superintendent of the Meeker School District for the last three years, turned in a letter of resignation on Friday, with her last day of work being June 28.
Child killed in UTV accident
MEEKER I Seven-year-old Angelo Theos of Meeker was killed in an utility terrain vehicle rollover accident approximately 12 miles northeast of Meeker off County Road 11 on Tuesday evening.
Letter to the Editor: Give old elementary more time
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the Rio Blanco County commissioners and the Town of Meeker administration.
Teachers: MES has good highs and bad lows
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of three stories looking at the results released by TELL Colorado, which surveys teachers in Colorado every two years on specific teaching/preparation conditions at their schools. This week we will look at Meeker Elementary School.
MHS Drama Club’s hilarious “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Drama Club and International Thespian Society Troupe 1284’s production of the musical comedy “Thoroughly Modern Millie” was presented on Friday and Saturday at Meeker High School auditorium.
Old Timers: Pioneers Assoc. dinner, dance set for June 8
MEEKER I “This is what I heard…” and the story begins, passed from generation to generation. “Stories of the White River Valley” is the theme for the 101st annual dinner/dance of the Rio Blanco County Pioneer Association (Old Timers) on June 8.
Keeper of the bees…
Kim Rochelle, front left, a resident in the 600 block of Park Street in Meeker, called on Jason Dunham, rear, and Joe Fennessy, right, who are local beekeepers, to remove a large hive of honey bees from a lilac bush in her yard.
Letter to the Editor: Letter of thanks from Meeker VFW
Dear Editor: Thank you to the Meeker VFW Post 5843 for the wonderful memorial service at the bridge and cemetery.
MACC meets to form creative district
MEEKER | The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council will meet on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the old elementary school at Fifth and Main streets.
Obituary: Rosemary La Grange
Rosemary Pryor La Grange was born Feb. 19, 1914, in Pueblo, Colo., where she also grew up. She passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Grand Junction, Colo.