About 80 Meeker Elementary Students participated in the reading competition. Prizes were distributed according to the most minutes read by each student. MEEKER | This past week concluded the Meeker Elementary School Reading Competition! About 80 elementary students participated in the contest. The prizes were distributed according to the[Read More…]
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History Lessons – Founder stories: Susan C. Wright
Everyone knows about our historic Meeker Hotel, once visited by politicians and bank robbers. It was a resting place for weary travelers who would emerge from dusty stagecoaches run by the Harp family. What we now see is the product of decades of tearing down, remodeling, additions and hard work. [Read More…]
Museum Musings – Letters from history, No. 44
Special to the Herald White River Agency, Colorado. May 26, 1879. Sir: There are about 4,000 pounds of goods directed to this agency which have been lying at Rawlins a long time, not oats and flour, many of which would be of great use; and now, as I understand, the[Read More…]
CANCELED: Ride the Rockies in Meeker
UPDATE: On Thursday, April 18, The Denver Post announced that this year’s entire Ride the Rockies event has been canceled due to “lack of interest.” MEEKER | Gear up for an unforgettable adventure with the 2024 Ride The Rockies Route, set to unfold from June 9th to 15th amidst the[Read More…]
A BEAR-Y GOOD STORY
Smokey Bear and Ranger Kate with the United States Forest Service Blanco District stopped by the Meeker Public Library last Friday to share Smokey’s origin story and information about wildfire prevention with a room full of kids. Smokey Bear will turn 80 this year in August. NIKI TURNER PHOTO
Successes for FCCLA team
MEEKER | Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is an amazing diverse student organization that incorporates skills from the Family and Consumer Classroom into competition pieces. For the past eight years Meeker has been working towards placing all competitors in a Gold or Silver category. This year, instructor[Read More…]
Meeker trustees hear results of housing assessment
MEEKER | In attendance to observe the April 2 Meeker town meeting were newly-elected trustees Kathy Sizemore, Jessica Browning and Charles Day. Travis Day was re-elected and will serve as Meeker’s new mayor. Unofficial election results pending return of potential overseas ballots: Of 472 ballots total returned: Travis Day –[Read More…]
History Lessons – The Meeker Cemetery, Pt. 1
I wanted to title this series as “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Cemeteries” by Digger O’Dell. Digger O’Dell was a character in the 1945 radio program and later TV series, “The Life of Riley.” He was known as the Friendly Undertaker who quipped morbid puns. His exit line was[Read More…]
LIONS LENDING A HAND
On April 4, the Meeker Lions Club installed new shelving units for the New Eden Pregnancy Care Center. New Eden asked the Lion’s Club to help them come up with more storage for items within the building, and the Lion’s Club raised money to purchase shelves. OPAL MUNGER PHOTOS
Museum Musings – Letters from history, No. 42
White River Agency, Colorado. May 19, 1879. Sir: I find it necessary to ask you to consolidate the two funds of $2,000 and $1,000 granted respectively July 6, 1878 (F. Colo., M., 1080; J., 1133, ’78), and August 8 (Colo. M., 1219; J., 1370, ’78), inasmuch as I see, on[Read More…]
BUNNY HUGS…
The Meeker Lions Club made the difficult decision Friday to cancel the annual Easter egg hunt due to weather conditions, prompting the Easter Bunny and Home.Made to come up with an alternative. The Easter Bunny arrived at Home.Made on Saturday morning for hugs and pictures and plenty of smiles. BAILEY WALDREF[Read More…]
Town of Meeker Unoffical Election Results
