Meeker

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago March 10, 1910 • Although the workmen are not quite through yet, the Baer family moved into their elegant new home this week — a home that would do credit to Capitol Hill, Denver, in general appearance and all details.

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Cole Steiner dove for a loose ball as Tyrel Gerloff looked on. The Cowboys fell to Alexander Dawson in the opening round of regionals.

Mustangs end Cowboys’ season

Meeker boys end their season with 21-2 record MEEKER I Two weeks ago the longest winning streak in Colorado 2A basketball and the dream of bringing home a state championship belonged to the Meeker Cowboys.

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Chambers announce weekly members

RBC I The Meeker Chamber of Commerce Member of the Week is White River Inn. To read the story, go to www.meekerchamber.com.

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Elementary building may be ‘mothballed’

MEEKER I With the clock ticking until the elementary school building becomes the fiscal and physical responsibility of the town of Meeker, the board of trustees continue to discuss possibilities for the building’s future.

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Rio Blanco Co. Fair Board meets tonight

RBC | The Rio Blanco County Fair Board will have a meeting at 6 tonight at the fairgrounds.

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Winemaking class tonight at fairgrounds

MEEKER I Mose McPhail will teach a winemaking class tonight at 6:30 at the Meeker Fairgrounds kitchen (north door).

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Meeker community blood drive March 31

MEEKER | St. Mary’s Regional Blood Center will be here for the Meeker Community Blood Drive March 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the high school.

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Jeff Burkhead Student council members from Meeker Elementary School visited the new school Feb. 24 and presented a thank-you puzzle to workers on the project.

Students present thank-you puzzle

MEEKER I We are glad to present this thank-you puzzle to Neenan and everyone who participated in building our new school. This puzzle represents the pieces of our school building. Just as you put together our brand new school, we put together the pieces of this puzzle to show our[Read More…]

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Letter: Thanks to editor for his honesty

I sat down and read Jeff Burkhead’s Feb. 18 column a few days ago, and what a wonderful, well-written and enlightening column it was.

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Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 75 years ago March 7, 1935 • Everett Rector, Rangely pioneer, was severely burned when carbide gas from his lighting system exploded. It seems that after retiring for night, Mr. Rector thought he smelled a gas odor. When he struck a match there was an explosion.

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Purkey~Slaugh engagement

RANGELY | John and Sherri Purkey of Meeker are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Shannon Marie Purkey to Justin Kendall Slaugh of Meeker. Shannon is a 2006 Meeker High School graduate. She is employed by First National Bank of the Rockies in Meeker.

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Meeker Locals

The Town of Meeker really does want community input on the future of the elementary school site. What do you think? Post your thoughts and suggestions on our Facebook discussion this week. Just go to www.facebook.com and look up the Herald Times.

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