There’s a Bible verse that’s as applicable to small towns as it is to church congregations. It’s a warning: “But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!” Small towns are notorious for “biting and devouring” one another, whether through gossip or manipulation[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter: Ty Gates for Rio Blanco County Commissioner: A 2020 Vision
Ty Gates for Rio Blanco County Commissioner: A 2020 Vision Dear Editor: Hi, my name is Ty Gates and I am running for Rio Blanco County Commissioner, thank you for taking the time to visit my page (https://www.facebook.com/Ty-Gates-for-RBC-County-Commissioner-2020-400258997373259/). As a Meeker native, I am deeply rooted and committed to maintaining[Read More…]
Guest Column: Gardening challenges in Colorado
MEEKER | Gardening this year seems like the Greek story of Sisyphus continually rolling a rock up hill only to have it constantly descend. Here we are at end of June in Meeker, Colorado, with one third of the summer gone. It has rained endlessly along with nearly frozen nightly[Read More…]
Guest Column: Perception is reality
RBC | How do you experience your world? Is the glass half full or half empty? Do you observe the worst in a situation or the best? Do you justify identifying only negatives by claiming you are being realistic? Two people can experience the exact same event and yet have[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: About those deadlines
Sometimes I wonder if we’re doing enough; particularly when someone hangs up on me in a snit because we didn’t print an article and photos that came in two hours before press time. There’s a difference between deadline and press time. Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. (Tuesday at 3[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Why? Because if you drop the basket, (or it leaves town or someone invents a better basket) all is lost. The firm hired by the Town of Meeker to “refresh” the town’s comprehensive plan, a municipal housekeeping task that needs to be done every decade or so, will get to[Read More…]
Meeker High School demolition and abatement in progress; school district recipient of more than $8 million in grant funds
MEEKER | Those who have been by the high school in the past few days know that construction has started in earnest. Demolition on the south side of the building is underway and will be followed by foundation work in the coming months. Asbestos and mercury abatement continues on the[Read More…]
Letter: Some kind words
Dear Editor: First, I want to congratulate Ethel Starbuck for having a long and wonderful life and for having helped so many of us, so wisely, through our high school experience Secondly I want to congratulate editor Niki for being chosen Citizen of the Year! And lastly I want to[Read More…]
Thanks for scholarship
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Pioneers Medical Center and [Walbridge] WingNutz for their thoughtful consideration in awarding me a scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year. WingNutz raises the money for this scholarship through their craft fair. I began attending the University of Northern Colorado[Read More…]
Loose Ends: ‘S’pose you youngsters could use a little help’
MEEKER | “S’pose you youngsters could use a little help.” This warm, western, welcome from an area resident has continued throughout our years of living in this rural community and continues to be extended whenever we travel throughout the state. After traveling many miles from home, someone who has heard[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Good deeds
When my daughter and husband and I were out cleaning up trash along Hwy. 13 two weeks ago I noted the tidy, well-manicured grounds around the eastern Town of Meeker entry sign and remarked on it. I helped spearhead the project behind the design and installation of those signs and[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Miller family
Dear Editor: On behalf of the family of Jane Miller, we would like to thank everyone who helped us over the past months. Thank you for making the delicious food, for watching over us and helping—even if we didn’t know we needed it. Thank you for the kind gifts and[Read More…]