Meeker

Origins of Veterans Day

MEEKER — In 1920, on the second anniversary of the Armistice, ceremonies occurred in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor (in England at Westminster Abbey; in France at the Arc de Triomphe).

Meeker’s Lisa Belmonte is truly a marathon woman

Lisa Belmonte’s idea of fun is running long distances — 26.2 miles, to be exact. Belmonte runs marathons. She ran the Portland Marathon on Oct. 5, finishing 11th out of 639 in the women’s 35-39 age division and 44th overall out of 3,900 women. And, most importantly, her time qualified[Read More…]

Gerloff, Thomson seek trustee position

MEEKER — Appointment of a new town of Meeker trustee was delayed Tuesday, after two letters of interest for the position were received by town staff.