MEEKER I Cowboy head football coach Shane Phelan said he does not script the first 15 plays for his team. If he did, it would have been difficult for him to script them any better last Friday. After the first 15 plays against county rival Rangely, Meeker led 30-0.
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Death Notice: Frances Woolley
Frances Woolley Funeral services for Frances Woolley, 80, of Meeker will be held at 1 p.m. Friday from St. James’ Church. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery.
Death Notice: Justin J. Neumeier
Justin J. Neumeier Justin J. Neumeier 75, of Meeker, died suddenly Oct. 20, 2009, at his Sage Hills Home.
Barone volleyball team downs Rangely squad in ’09 season’s final match
RANGELY I In a rematch between county rivals Meeker and Rangely, Barone Middle School’s eighth-grade team prevailed in a junior high volleyball tournament here last Saturday. Meeker’s Barone Middle School seventh-graders also finished first.
New Arrival: Elijah Charles Rundberg
MEEKER | Oran and Amy Rundberg would like to announce the birth of their son Elijah Charles Rundberg, born Sept. 14 at Memorial Hospital in Craig. Elijah weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches.
Educational meeting to discuss beef cattle issues and opportunities in Western Colorado
RBC | What is the market outlook for calves this fall? What will be the situation with agricultural credit in the near future? What is a financial health check-up? What beef cattle cost factors should be considered?
Fall Festival contest results released
Results of Fall Festival pie and salsa contests:
Good effort isn’t enough
MEEKER I The Lady Cowboys played well. Just not quite well enough to win. “This was the best collective effort we have had this season,” Meeker volleyball coach Christy Atwood said of last Friday’s rivalry match against Rangely. “If we can continue to eliminate errors, the karma is going to[Read More…]
Outgoing chairman sees big future for powwow
MEEKER I Even though he’s planning on stepping out of a leadership role, Bill Kight expects the Smoking River Pow Wow to only get bigger and better. Kight, an archaeologist with the White River National Forest in Glenwood Springs, has worked closely with the Ute Tribe for many years and[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks for making pumpkin patch go
Homemaker Furnishings would like to thank Dick Welle and WREA, Cindy Welle and Meeker Realty, Meeker Chamber of Commerce, and Bobby at Cuppa Joe
Letter: Meeker Classic was ‘a fantastic event’
I was able to attend the Meeker Classic for the first time this past September. All I can say is “wow!” What a fantastic event with fantastic people! The day of the finals, I turned to my dad, as we watched a dog run and said to him, “I just[Read More…]
Request for info about traveling gypsies
This is a historical request for information about three wagons of traveling gypsies that came through the town of Meeker around 1946. My mother, Dorothy Kracht Archer, told me that she was about 13-14 years old when they came through town.