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.
Meeker
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.
Lions Club hosts 6-W District Convention
The Meeker Lions Club held its first ever District 6 West Convention last weekend in Meeker for more than 145 Lions from the western slope. Lions International director Dr. Gary Anderson from Michigan attended and was the featured speaker Saturday.
Schmueser Gordon Meyer announces name change
RBC I Schmueser Gordon Meyer president and CEO Louis Meyer announced May 1 that after 26 years of continuous operation under the name Schmueser Gordon Meyer, the company’s name has been changed to SGM.
FFA hosts farm day May 4
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Future Farmers of America would like to invite the community to attend our FFA farm day program Friday, May 4 on the south side of the high school in the vacant lot between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
