MEEKER I PVT 2 Jon Burnell was graduated from AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Fort Jordan, Ga. He just finished a surprise 10 day leave in Rozet and Gillette, Wyo., visiting family and friends there. His parents are Jody and Caleb Gardner of Rozet, Wyo., and Sam Burnell. He has[Read More…]

MEEKER I The Colorado Environmental Coalition and the Wilderness Society will host a free community barbecue from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5 at the City Park pavilion, said Sasha Nelson, the group’s northwest region organizer.

MEEKER I Pvt. Nick Cojocaru was graduated from BCT (Basic Combat Training) in Fort Leonardwood, Mo., and will remain there for his AIT (Advanced Individual Training). His wife, Tara, children Isaac and Brooke, and niece Cherokee Burnell, were able to attend his graduation.

Editor’s note: Roy McKee died peacefully at his ranch July 17. He was one year shy of his 100th birthday, which would have been Sept. 14. At his service last Thursday, a letter was read that had been written by Roy with the intention it be shared at his funeral.[Read More…]

MEEKER I On Tuesday, the Deputy Regional Forester, Tony Dixon, announced a temporary public restriction to all caves and abandoned mines on U.S. Forest Service lands within the five-state Rocky Mountain Region. This closure order will be in effect for one year and affects hundreds of caves and about 30,000[Read More…]

MEEKER I John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, will be in Meeker from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Meeker Hotel lobby. The public is invited to meet him and ask questions.

“Are you still shooting rattlesnakes?” an old friend inquired on Facebook. Having moved to the Western Slope of Colorado so many years earlier, I’d forgotten my long letters to friends and family regaling them with all of my the zany adventures I’d coined it back-east meets out-west. That first year[Read More…]