Dear Editor: It is with the deepest gratitude we thank our extended Meeker family for your support, particularly during the past six months after the passing of our mother, Jo Tucker. From your gracious responses upon her passing and through the services, to helping us maintain her home until it[Read More…]

Dear Editor: The staff and residents of the Walbridge Wing would like to send out a big thank you to Nana Goose for the wonderful, patriotic T-shirts they provided for everyone for the Fourth of July. It was great to have us all geared up for the parade. Thank you[Read More…]

Dear Editor: The (lack of) response to request for qualifications (RFQ) for development of a Meeker Adventure Center should be a nail in the coffin. No major investor is interested in the proposal. This confirms warnings from investment experts published previously in these pages. The Adventure Center is not economically[Read More…]

Dear Editor: It sure was refreshing to read last week’s newspaper referencing Pioneers Medical Center’s CEO, Ken Harman’s thoughts about the role of prevention in healthcare. The most frustrating thing as a clinician is treating a patient for what should be a simple problem, but with co-morbidities making the real[Read More…]

Dear Editor: Thank you LORD. In our humblest expression of gratitude. Thank you to Devon Smith, RBCSO and to our first responder team—Nancy Richardson, Fain Richardson and Roger Hall—God bless you for your actions and response to our call on Saturday. You are all awesome human beings and we are[Read More…]

Dear Editor: The Meeker Education Foundation is extremely grateful for the support its Grant Award Program has received from generous donors. The program provides teacher/student grant awards for academic and enrichment opportunities. Due to an extreme need, the program is currently focused on textbooks, other curricular materials, supplies, support and[Read More…]

Dear Editor: With all due respect to you, I enjoyed reading your thoughts and opinion regarding “Keeping an Open Mind.” Well written column and thought provoking. My utmost respect still goes to my “Good Old Dad” (WWII-era) and his opinion: “To keep an open mind is a good idea! But,[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Pioneers Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees and all of the employees at Pioneers Medical Center for their generosity in granting me a scholarship for the upcoming school year. Since being named one of the recipients of the Employees of[Read More…]

Dear Editor: I’d like to relay a recent experience I had in Rangely. On Friday, June 16, I pulled into the convenience store on my motorcycle to buy gas. That’s when I discovered that I had lost my money clip. I’m 1,100 miles from home and I don’t have any[Read More…]

Dear Editor: Last week, Meeker’s Urban Renewal Authority (URA) notified property owners that it is conducting a survey to determine whether their properties meet criteria for designation as “blighted” or “slum.” The affected properties lie generally between Main Street and the river, including the business district and Post Office block.[Read More…]