MEEKER | Dennis and Torrie Cook are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Whitney Cook to Andrew Bercher. Andrew is the son of Blair and Shelley Bercher of Grand Junction.
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Wedding announcement
Veronica Denney and Scott Fandrich were married on the Fourth of July amongst their very special circle of family and friends.
Obituary: Harold White
Harold White was born on Oct. 21, 1937, in Lamar to Elmer Floyd White and Edna Mae Triplett McKinney. He died on June 17, 2009, following a brief hospital stay and after an eight-month battle with lung cancer at his home in Meeker.
Slide Show: Poker run rides to the aid of Toni Simmons
Toni Carroll-Simmons and husband Brandon participated in Saturday’s benefit poker run, a fundraiser to help the Simmons with medical expenses for Toni, who is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer at a hospital in Denver.
Slide Show: Sheepdog Demo
Ellen Nieslanik, director of the Meeker Sheepdog Championship Trails, gave a demonstration July 8 at the Meeker Golf Course for Club 20 members, who were in town for two days of meetings.
Obituary: Kati Joy Wood Buttram
Kati Joy Wood Buttram passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009, at the Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Grand Junction. As the ever-giving person, Kati spread joy and caring to all those around her. She shall be dearly missed by her family and friends.
Joe Sullivan’s 90th Birthday
Meeker’s Joe Sullivan, a longtime rancher, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday
Two-day wrestling clinic in Meeker
MEEKER I Charlie Falck, who was a senior University of Iowa wrestler, and Phil Keddy, who will be a senior for the Hawkeyes, will give a two-day clinic July 22 and 23 at Barone Middle School in Meeker.
Slide Show: New window at Catholic church
MEEKER | The Catholic church in Meeker recently replaced a stained glass window.
Birth: Kyra Jade Wright
Yvonne and Justin Wright are the proud parents of their first child, born July 11, 2009, at The Memorial Hospital in Craig, Colo., where they live.
Organizers ask Meeker trustees to chip in for Smoking River Pow Wow
MEEKER I Smoking River Pow Wow committee chair Lynn Lockwood updated Meeker’s Board of Trustees about new developments in the planning of the second annual powwow, and asked the “tribe of Meeker” to match a $2,000 donation from the Utes.
Obituary: Lorine U. Nielsen
Lorine U. Nielsen, 83, passed away July 10, 2009, at the Community Hospital in Grand Junction. Lorine was born on Aug. 5, 1925, in Caldwell, Texas, to Emil and Hattie Uhlig.