MEEKER | The Marvine Snow Trail is open for cross-country skiers and snowmobilers with 2.2 miles of groomed track to the warming hut.
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Loose Ends: Resolving to forgo one tradition
New Year’s resolutions never work. The reason is that first key word, resolution, dooms the maker to failure. Tradition might dictate a perfunctory list-making but it never requires follow-through. It is not like one is swearing an oath, as resolving to do something carries no weight.
Hometown hero returns to Pearl Harbor
MEEKER I “Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy…” These words were spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Pole 2 Pole …
Aart Huijg, who passed through Meeker this summer and stopped for lunch at Clark’s, checked in from Mexico recently, saying, “Sorry for the delay. I crossed the border into Mexico and not a lot of Internet is available. At the moment I am writing from a computer at a high school.[Read More…]
Range Call in January?
MEEKER I Ask any local and they’ll tell you one of Meeker’s best annual events is the 4th of July Range Call Celebration.
Meeker Locals
Happy New Year! Here at the Herald Times we hope you all had a peaceful and pleasant Christmas celebration and are ready to leap into 2012 filled with hope and a sense of optimism. Maybe if we all ignore the whole idea of new year’s resolutions we’ll be able to[Read More…]
Caroling …
Meeker preschool teachers Molly Theos, Shelly Nielsen, Amber Garcia and Mickey Slaugh took their students caroling around town Friday as a last day activity before Christmas break.
Schools affected statewide
MEEKER I One of Meeker’s biggest 2011 stories had a ripple effect on schools across the state. Built in 2010, the $18 million Meeker Elementary School was closed to students and staff in August 2011 over concerns about structural safety.
FAA honors Coulter’s service
MEEKER I Former Meeker Airport manager Gary Coulter was surprised when Rick Stednitz of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Safety Team showed up in Meeker to honor the retired pilot and aviation mechanic with the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic award.
LeBlanc finishes runner up
MEEKER I Dubbed ‘the toughest tournament in the United States,’ the Reno Tournament of Champions gave University of Wyoming Cowboy wrestler Joe LeBlanc his first loss of his senior season.
Letter to the Editor: Thank you very much
Dear Editor: The Meeker preschool and kindergarten classes would like to say thank you
Cemetery vandals caught on film
MEEKER I Meeker’s Highland Cemetery is not just notable for its beauty and history, but for the peacefulness that pervades the property. In November, when vandals knocked over four headstones, Meeker Cemetery District Manager Art Cox called authorities to report the problem.
