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Lions Club hosts 6-W District Convention

The Meeker Lions Club held its first ever District 6 West Convention last weekend in Meeker for more than 145 Lions from the western slope. Lions International director Dr. Gary Anderson from Michigan attended and was the featured speaker Saturday.

Schmueser Gordon Meyer announces name change

RBC I Schmueser Gordon Meyer president and CEO Louis Meyer announced May 1 that after 26 years of continuous operation under the name Schmueser Gordon Meyer, the company’s name has been changed to SGM.

FFA hosts farm day May 4

MEEKER I The Meeker High School Future Farmers of America would like to invite the community to attend our FFA farm day program Friday, May 4 on the south side of the high school in the vacant lot between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

School repairs still on schedule

MEEKER I The Meeker Board of Education heard good news again about the repairs at the elementary school, including news regarding the settling of a section of the southeast wall new gymnasium.

News Briefs: May 3, 2012

MACC meeting Monday, May 7 MEEKER | The next meeting of the Meeker Arts and Cultural Council will be Monday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Meeker United Methodist Church annex. Youth and adults are welcome to attend. Refrain park use during construction MEEKER | Because of the possibility[Read More…]

Sam Bailey with the Colorado Business Retention and Expansion office, Kari Linker with the Colorado Office of Economic Development, Katelin Cook, executive director of the Meeker Chamber of Commerce and Kimberly Bullen, Rio Blanco County administrator, spoke at a meeting attended by business owners, organizations and government officials. Linker will return to Meeker in June to facilitate an economic development class.

Chamber, town, county hope to kindle economic flame

MEEKER I At an economic development planning meeting Monday at the Fairfield Center, approximately 40 attendees voiced their thoughts and ideas about economic development. Participants represented 19 businesses, 13 special districts, boards or organizations, 12 government entities and two concerned citizens.

Every day should be Earth Day

RBC I Earth Day, just passed, is the day we all look at ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. 20 percent of all greenhouse gases come from automobiles, so it makes sense to start there.