Dear Editor: Thank you to everyone that has reached out to me and the girls during our time of sorrow. Love how this town loves helping one another. Kelly McCook and girls Meeker
Opinion
Letter: Wolf at the door?
Dear Editor: Is the proposed Wolf Creek dam another silt-laden boondoggle? As a local taxpayer and affected ranch owner, I have attended numerous meetings and heard the lengthy presentations by EIS, a lobbying firm, based in Denver and Grand Junction. Are they just one more absentee “consulting” firm? Taking hard-earned[Read More…]
Abatement work underway at Meeker High School campus
MEEKER | The Meeker School District has begun our project to improve the high school campus. Over approximately the next 18 months there will be abatement and construction occurring in and around the current building. Abatement work began during spring break this year. Therefore, some parts of the school may no[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Mulligrubs
I fell in the mulligrubs this week. Last Friday I had to put down a dog. She’s been declining, but I thought we had more time. Isn’t that always the case? Then I tried to do Ethan’s final tax return. He did his own taxes for the first time last[Read More…]
OPED: The signs are here, the signs are here!
MEEKER | Fifteen beautiful signs that tell the story of the Milk Creek Battle have finally arrived at the Historical Society and will be on display at the April 14 quarterly meeting. The Society invites the community to come enjoy a preview and learn a bit about the story the signs[Read More…]
Letter: Sheltons thankful for support during cancer battle
Dear Editor: On the behalf of Bob Shelton and family we would like to thank this wonderful community, the MHS staff, PMC doctors, WREA, Grant’s dental office, our friends and family for their generosity, support and prayers as Bob continues to battle throat cancer. This town of Meeker and all[Read More…]
Letter: Community Association thanks supporters
Dear Editor: The President and Board of the White River Community Association and its members at the old Buford School would like to thank all the different people who worked at the 15th annual Buy Fly Tournament . We so appreciated the businesses that donated, people who donated, food donated[Read More…]
OPED: Meeker seniors, check out this awesome exercise opportunity
MEEKER | If you’re like me, seniors, it gets harder and harder to exercise. I used to walk nearly a mile every day. In some years I swam laps at the pool, but not now. I have pretty much failed at keeping up with my prescribed physical therapy exercises. Over the[Read More…]
Letter: VFW expresses gratitude for student respect
Dear Editor: Our community has many reasons to be proud of its young citizens. We especially commend the behaviors demonstrated while veterans and auxiliary members have presented the flags and participated in school patriotic activities. Students at Barone Middle School were respectful and attentive at the Veterans Day program with thoughtful patriotic presentations[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Why do we believe what we believe?
Voltaire, writer and philosopher during the French Enlightenment, said, “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.” Who has that power over you? It’s a question we all need to ask ourselves. Who has power over us to make us[Read More…]
OPED: Embrace the messiness of change
MEEKER | All of a sudden, spring is everywhere. It’s in the buds on the trees and the anthills popping up along the street. It’s in the first bright green shoots of soft baby grass, the birdsong in the air and and my blindingly white Irish legs that haven’t seen[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: “You learn nothing from life if you think you’re right all the time”
I don’t know who said it, and it really doesn’t matter. We all tend to live in our own little filter bubbles, accepting only input that agrees with our preconceived notions and past experiences. In addition, we’re now deluged with so much information we tend to make snap judgments based[Read More…]