MEEKER I With the current dry conditions, a controlled burn can get out of control quickly, which is what happened Easter afternoon on Little Beaver.
Meeker
LeBlanc qualifies for Olympic trials
Wrestling for the Cowboy Wrestling Club, Joe LeBlanc, a Meeker High School graduate and four-time All-American for the University of Wyoming, qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, April 21-22.
Corrections
RBC I In last week’s issue of the Herald Times, we incorrectly reported that Leif Joy is Neil Joy’s “only sibling.” The Joy brothers also have a sister, Amy Chinn.
New Colorado license plate promotes hunting, fishing
Senator Jean White, R-Winter Park, sponsored House Bill 1275,which creates a Colorado Wildlife Sporting license plate to promote hunting and fishing in Colorado.
Bowhunter classes offered in Meeker
The Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District is offering a one-time only bowhunter education class.
Youth wrestlers open in Craig
Several members of the Meeker Community Wrestling Club opened the youth season in Craig last Saturday and more than half of them placed in the top four.
RBC Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago • The K-T pushed a large bunch of cattle up river yesterday.
MACC sets ambitious agenda
The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council [MACC] met with Colorado Creative Industries peer assistance network counselor Nancy Kramer from Steamboat Springs to review the master plan created in 2011.
Small town makes a big impression at state tourney
The middle school state wrestling championships (in affiliation with the Rocky Mountain Nationals) was held last Friday and Saturday in Denver. The event featured athletes from all over the state and from schools of all sizes.
Loose Ends: Casual Conversations
Writing a regular column that appears each week on the op/ed page of a weekly newspaper can be a challenge. Coming up with ideas isn’t the problem, filling the space with a timely, well-written, piece can be difficult.
Meeker Locals
Congratulations to Barone Middle School wrestlers who “did us proud” last week at the middle school state tournament.
Letter: Disappointed
Though I was glad to finally see some closure to the Berthelson murder, I was quite disappointed in the sentence Neil Joy received. I’ve never really understood how a person can end someone’s life and only get a few years “punishment.”
