It rained during the annual senior barbecue hosted by the Town of Rangely in Elks Park but it didn’t keep more than 100 people from attending including Reinhard Fricken. Fricken celebrated his 100th birthday.
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Club 20 summer policy meetings July 18
RBC | Community leaders will gather in a variety of locations over the next two weeks to participate in Club 20’s summer policy committee meetings.
Letter to the Editor: Student thanks host families
Dear Editor: My name is Maxime van Dijk, I’ve been one of the foreign exchange students this past school year in MHS. I graduated with the senior class of 2011. I would like to thank everybody in Meeker for their great hospitality. It’s been an amazing year with lots and[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Bosicks say thanks
Dear Editor: We would like to thank family, friends and all the loving people for the flowers, cards, food, prayers and support for our great loss.
4-H donation …
Meeker 4-H council president Taylor Neilson accepts a $15,000 donation check from Matt Briney, Piceance operations superintendent for ExxonMobil Production.
10-year-old wins college scholarship
RANGELY I A large delegation of western Rio Blanco 4-H livestock judges attended the Casper College Livestock Judging Camp in Casper, Wyo., June 27-29.
Loose Ends: Namesakes
There are plenty of small towns whose namesake dates back to the town’s origin, passed down from the pioneer settlers and their descendants. A small town in Alabama sports an unusual twist to that tradition. Phil Campbell, Ala., bears both the first and last name of a local pioneer.
Letter to the Editor: Yellow Jacket district responds
Dear Editor: To the constituents of the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District: As previously reported, Judge Michael O’Hara of the Division 6 Water Court in Steamboat Springs granted certain upriver landowners and Western Resource Advocates (a Boulder-based environmental group) motion for summary judgment to dismiss several of the district’s historical[Read More…]
Meeker Locals
The monsoon thing is nice, but if this keeps up we’re going to be baling our front lawns for hay and growing mushrooms big enough to sit on. According to local weather prognosticators, this summer’s monsoon season arrived about three weeks early.
Three dawgs…
Ann Franklin with Lucy (2 1/2-year-old Golden Doodle), Arlene Estes with Deuce (3-year-old Border Collie) and Toby Smith with Max (3 1/2-year old Standard Poodle).
Letter to the Editor: Taxation without representation
Dear Editor: The recent ruling of the District Court, Water Division 6, concerning the application of the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District should be a wake up call.
Before and after…
After an effort by community members to save the 115-year-old Methodist church was denied by the Meeker town council, Travis Adams of TDA Construction used a track hoe to tear down the old church so a parking lot could be built to serve the new church.
