We know many residents of our community were unable to attend the public meeting we held on Aug. 16, 2011, and we want to make sure everyone is aware of what is happening regarding the new elementary school.
Milestones
New Arrival: Scarlett Louise Hodgman
Jessi and Bo Hodgman are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Scarlett Louise Hodgman. Scarlett was born June 28, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Meeker schools host open house tonight
MEEKER I Barone Middle School, Meeker High School and the administration building will be open today from 4 to 8 p.m. to allow students and parents to see the new classroom arrangements.
Students invited to enter contest
RBC I Colorado students are invited to put their creative talents to work promoting awareness of radon, an odorless, colorless radioactive gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
Letter to the Editor: Hen house attracts clever foxes
Dear Editor: An engineering firm and common sense has determined our new Meeker elementary school to be “unsafe” for our children and teachers. The taxpayer now has an $18,000,000 white elephant.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago Owing to a landslide near Shosone, in the vicinity of Glenwood Springs, Monday, Meeker was without mail for three days. On Wednesday night, after the mails finally got through, they had accumulated to such an extent that the stage could not bring it[Read More…]
Range Call Royalty …
Range Call Royalty tryouts were held Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Meeker. Maclaine Shults and Kaitlyn Dinwiddie from Meeker as well as Katye Allred from Rangely participated in tryouts.
Seelys celebrate 50th anniversary
MEEKER I On Aug. 27, 1961, Jerry Seely and Mary Ann Conrado vowed to “have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish?” Nearly 50 years later everyone attending the July 23[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: A rainbow after the storm
Dear Editor: My wife, Toni, just began working for the Meeker Elementary School.
What you can do to ensure “No Child is Left Behind”
RBC I “Test cheating scandal!” “Budget cuts!” “Accreditation lost!” These are the types of headlines associated with school districts around the nation today. With issues like these mounting on the front lines of education, even the best and brightest teachers need reinforcements.
Meeker Elementary: The move is on
MEEKER I More than 10 days after the Meeker Board of Education directed superintendent Susan Goettel to remove students from the new elementary school because of safety concerns and take steps to provide for their education, including modifying the school calendar, plans were adopted to do both, even though they[Read More…]
New staff at Rangely Schools
“The staff is in place and everything is ready to go,” Todd Cordrey, the new superintendent for the Rangely School District said at a community barbecue held last Friday in Elks Park.
