MEEKER | The first annual Saint Pat’s Day Festival in Meeker is set for March 17. Schedule: Enjoy dining specials at local restaurants all evening. Kids’ activities at the Hugus Building from 6:30-8 p.m. Dance with drinks and dessert at the Hugus Building, 8-11 p.m. After party at Chippers, 10[Read More…]
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History Day students head to regionals
MEEKER | Barone Middle School (BMS) is sending 17 students, comprising 9 projects, to the regional History Day competition in Grand Junction this Saturday, March 4. They are students of BMS history and social studies teacher Kris Casey. Project presentations were judged Feb. 13 at the school. Judges and sponsor[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Good curriculum vital to learning
By Chris Selle Superintendent Meeker School District Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | No factor has greater influence on student learning than the classroom teacher. While this statement may seem exceedingly obvious, it is also backed by much research. As such, the effort made by the Meeker School District[Read More…]
Safe food handler training March 10
MEEKER | Two-hour course for food service workers that covers the basic requirements for safe food handling Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m.-noon or 2-4 p.m. CNCC Meeker Center, 345 Sixth St. $15/participant. Pre-registration is required. Limited space so register now. 970-878-5227 or [email protected].
Editor’s Column: Opinions are like ___?
Fill in the blank. The point is, everybody’s got one. I usually use noses, although other body parts might be more apropos. The technical definition of an opinion is “a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.” In 1275 British monarchs established De Scandalis[Read More…]
Learning to live with MS
MEEKER | Tisha Joslin Reiger comes out to greet me on her front porch with a warm welcome. She leans on a cane and moves with the kind of painful caution you’d expect from an elderly woman. But Reiger is only 44. “I had thought that after my kids graduated[Read More…]
Update on fiber internet installation progress
By Josh Jackson Special to the Herald Times RBC | Experts might say that we’ve had an unseasonably short and warm winter. Whatever the facts say, those of us who have been waiting for fiber internet to make it to our homes feel like it has been an eternity. High[Read More…]
First Aid/CPR/AED class March 4
MEEKER | There will be a First Aid/CPR/AED class at the Meeker Recreation Center on Saturday, March 4 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. People 12 and older are invited to learn the skills needed to give immediate care to an injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and[Read More…]
4-H Council sponsoring senior game night
MEEKER | The 4-H Council will be hosting a Senior Citizens’ Game Day on March 3, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. in the 4-H Building at the Meeker Fairgrounds. We will have tables set up for various games; chess, checkers, bingo, cribbage and several different tables for card games.[Read More…]
Cowboys finish 2nd in district tourney
MEEKER | The Meeker boys’ basketball team played in the District 5 championship game where they finished second and qualified for the regional tournament to be held in Gunnison this weekend. Meeker defeated the Plateau Valley Cowboys in the semifinals but lost to the No. 1 seeded Paonia Eagles in[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys continue post-season play Friday
MEEKER | The top three girls’ basketball teams from the District 5 tournament, held last weekend in DeBeque, qualified for the regional tournament, which will be held this weekend in Gunnison and the lady Cowboys were one of the three qualifiers. Meeker defeated the Soroco Rams in the District 5[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Better City, a question of the economy?
By Jay Sullivan, Ph.D. Special to the Herald Times RBC | Half a century ago the straight pipes on the International 4100 drowned any hope of a radio station. The ever-tightening concentric furrows plowed around the fields prepared the soil for next year’s crop. Hawks circled overhead hoping that the[Read More…]
