MEEKER I The Barone Middle School tracksters participated in a large meet in Eagle Valley Saturday and certainly saw a great deal of competition.
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Outreach program helps young hunters bag first birds
RBC I Three lucky young hunters from northwest Colorado bagged their first turkeys after being selected to participate in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s 2012 Hunter Outreach Program’s Youth Turkey Hunt.
Special districts hold elections May 8
MEEKER I Two of Meeker’s special taxing districts will hold public elections for directors on their respective boards on Tuesday, May 8.
Loose Ends: Volunteer
There is one thing a community can never have in excess: volunteers. Warm weather brings out an annual call for helpers all through the town and some organizations are needier than others.
MACC seeks youth, adult participation
MEEKER I Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) president Gary Zellers announced that MACC will meet on Monday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Meeker United Methodist Church annex at Eighth and Park streets.
Bible club hosts Grand Prix, Design contest
MEEKER I AWANA is a Bible club sponsored by the Church at Meeker and Emmanuel Baptist Church. They’ve been meeting every Tuesday after school all year and ended with the Grand Prix and Design Contest last Saturday, April 28.
Meeker Locals
No news is good news, as they say. If so, it’s all good news around Meeker. A Google search for newsworthy items in Meeker, Colo., for the past week yielded little more than a Louisiana paper’s account of the Mountain Valley Bank robbery. According to www.thetowntalk.com , the $1,279 Thacker[Read More…]
Help decorate the Capitol Christmas Tree
RBC I What an opportunity for the young people of Colorado! Colorado kids can help provide one of the more than 5,000 handmade ornaments that will adorn this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree. Kids providing ornaments will be entered into a drawing for a trip to Washington, D.C. accompanied by their[Read More…]
Home of: Jim and Nancy Harris
MEEKER | Longtime Meeker residents Jim and Nancy Harris are this week’s “home of” honorees. Jim and Nancy came to Meeker 34 years ago. They celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary Feb. 3.
Engagement: Ashby and Eatherton
MEEKER | Darren and Karen Ashby of Castle Rock, Wash., would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashlee Ann Ashby, to Zachary Samuel Eatherton.
Fond farewell…
A farewell reception for outgoing Meeker town manager Sharon Day was held last Friday and attended by family, friends, present and past staff, including current mayor Mandi Etheridge and former Meeker mayor Steve Loshbaugh.
MHS prom court …
Meeker High School seniors Sydney Boes and Justin Hardy were crowned queen and king at the annual junior/senior prom held Saturday last in the high school gyms.
