Dear Editor: On March 12, 2011, I brought my horse to Meeker to ride with the local riding club at the fairgrounds. After riding for a couple of hours and leaving the arena, when I headed back into the arena something happened (which only my horse knows!), and my horse,[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: America must lead
Dear Editor: The Libyan people rose up against their dictatorial and murderous president and asked for world help to overthrow the tyrant and establish a democracy in Libya but the world, including the U.S., delayed taking any action. The western world wanted to study the situation.
Letter to the Editor: Letters of nomination
Dear Editor: To the dear friends of the Meeker Arts and Cultural Council: Due to unavoidable complications, the April 8 MACC meeting that was to be held at Kilowatt Korner at 6:30 p.m., has been postponed.
School districts face cuts
As the legislature meets to balance next year’s budget, nearly $350 million in additional cuts to our children’s education are being proposed. Considering that we spend approximately $6,500 annually to educate a child in Colorado and $30,000 to incarcerate a person, these cuts call for careful reflection. In a fundamental[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Art walk thank you
Dear Editor: Many thanks to the businesses and patrons that took part in last month’s Art Walk. The third Thursday Art Walk is open to all businesses and inspired artists. The next walk is April 21. Hope to see you there! Pete Kiser Meeker
Loose Ends: Taking a stand against child abuse
It takes a village to raise children and it takes a community to stop child abuse. The big white sign on the courthouse lawn is not the eye-catcher; it is the patch of pinwheels representing all of the abused and neglected children across the state of Colorado.
Meeker Locals
A couple of residents have publicly expressed their opinions regarding the security camera atop Meeker’s courthouse in the last couple of issues. What do you think? You do realize there are security cameras and web cams pretty much everywhere you go these days, right? What makes the Meeker courthouse camera [Read More…]
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Grace
Grace, there are many definitions. It can be heard, seen and felt. My mom says grace before every meal.
Loose Ends: New name for season needed
Spring has become un-sprung. After the yearly calendar’s declaration of the first day of the season more than a week ago, one would think that signs of the green and growing season would appear.
Letter to the Editor: Improvements too costly for highway
Dear Editor: CDOT and their contractor, Elam Construction, completed a nice improvement to 3-plus miles of SH13 south of Meeker last fall. Unfortunately, due to expensive roadside barriers and retaining walls, the cost of the project exceeded $3 million a mile. That a simple two-lane rural highway in a lightly[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Pet Rock Challenge
Dear Editor: I am writing you with a story I feel is worth printing in your paper. My 10-year-old twins with cerebral palsy are raising $5,000 to get a service dog. Mary’s Wondrous Things at 110 East 3rd St., Suite 101, Rifle, Colo., 81650, (970) 625-8555 and Wendll’s Wondrous Things[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Customers, thanks!
Dear Editor: I would like to say thank you to all the customers I had the privilege of serving at Strata Networks (formerly NC Telecom/UBET Wireless) for the past 7 years and 11 months.
