Dear Editor: I would like the opportunity to respond to the articles about Mind Springs and West Springs Hospital. I don’t have any personal experience or knowledge about the policies and turmoil going on at the upper levels of management of either entity. However, I do have personal experience with[Read More…]
Letters To The Editor
Letter: Should $4 million to Wolf Creek be reconsidered?
Dear Editor: How big is the Rio Blanco County budget? Do our expenses match revenues? And is there adequate public discussion before very large discretionary expenditures when tax revenues are shrinking? If you guessed a 2022 budget of $37 million you would be right, an increase of $7.2 million in[Read More…]
Letter: Thank you for RX transportation plan
Dear Editor: I would like to thank everyone that worked so hard to help us with our prescription needs. It didn’t take long for those to put their heads together to come up with a solution. The representatives of Hospice and Medicare, thank you! The ones involved that I know[Read More…]
Letter: Learn and play Bridge
Dear Editor: Meeker has a tradition of good to great bridge players. I do not want to see it end. If you want to play or learn bridge, please come to the Rec Center on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 9 a.m. It is informal and fun with coffee and donuts.[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Walbridge Wing
Dear Editor: The Walbridge Wing, residents and staff would like to send out a heartfelt thank you! To the community of Meeker for all of your thoughtfulness through the holiday season. A special Thanks to Emmanuel Baptist for always working so hard all year to give our residents a shopping[Read More…]
Letter: WRBM to request mill levy increase in May
Dear Editor: The Western Rio Blanco Metro Recreation and Park District will need to go for a mill levy increase at the May 2022 election. They have not gone for a mill levy increase for operating expenses since 1996. They have tried to prolong asking the public for additional tax[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from MES students
Dear Editor: The students at Meeker Elementary School would like to say a heartfelt thank you! We raised over $6,000 to help our sister school in Ghana buy computers. We will begin working with them in January and we are very excited! All of the kids and teachers helped and[Read More…]
Letter: State statement on mental health services
Dear Editor: Ensuring Coloradans have real access to mental and behavioral health care services has been a commitment for the Polis-Primavera administration since day one. Even before the pandemic increased the need for behavioral health services into a crisis, we recognized the need to make significant changes to our behavioral[Read More…]
Letter: Goodbye from pharmacy
Dear Editor: Oh boy, I knew this was going to be hard but I didn’t realize how hard! It’s extremely difficult to say all this out loud for my beloved Meeker community to hear. My mind cannot articulate the words my heart wants to share. All who know me understand[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: Thank yous
Thank you Dear Editor:I would to take this time and thank the Ranger, the deputy sheriffs, ambulance crew, Laura Smith and her helper, and family and friends for just being there. Also for all the flowers, food, cards and calls that I have received during a very difficult time. Wanda[Read More…]
Letter: Commissioner concerns
Dear Editor: I was at the Commissioners meeting here in Meeker Dec. 14 to bring up a couple of concerns. I will be the first to admit that I do not attend meetings unless something gets my attention and I want to ask questions that hopefully will help me understand[Read More…]
Letter: Omicron among us
Dear Editor: The omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is very likely already amongst us. There’s still an awful lot we don’t know about it, but here’s what’s evident so far. Omicron is exceptionally contagious. Doubling times for infections are on the order of two or three days. That is,[Read More…]
