The regular monthly meeting of the Meeker 4-H Council was held on May 5, 2011, at the Extension Office Kitchen.
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Values of child welfare practices
The relationship between parental rights and children’s rights is a fundamentally important issue to the field of child welfare.
Smart uses for your tax refund
RBC I Each spring, millions of Americans look forward to receiving a hefty income tax refund. And it truly is “hefty,” with the average federal refund in 2010 hovering around $3,000.
For the birds …
For the past six years, Mary Cunningham, who works at the U.S. Forest Service office in Meeker, has celebrated International Migrating Bird month by taking Meeker Elementary School students on field trips to watch and spot birds in the area.
Foggy track
Bad weather cancelled track meets for RBC track teams last week and both teams will compete at Battle Mountain this Saturday. RBC 1600-meter runners recently ran through fog in Rifle. Bobby Gutierrez
LeBlanc receives team award
Head coach Mark Branch and the Cowboy coaching staff announced the Wyoming wrestling squad’s team awards during the program’s annual year-end gathering last Saturday in Laramie.
FNBR gives savings bond to Facebook fans
First National Bank of the Rockies (FNBR) gives away a $100 savings bond every week to one of its lucky Facebook fans. Now through June 24, 2011, a Facebook fan will be randomly chosen weekly to win the prize.
Horizons receives grant for support program
Horizons Specialized Services announced it has received a $15,000 Daniels Fund grant to supplement funding for its five county Family Support Program.
Letter: Don’t be a bystander
You’re out, and you think you saw something. You’re not sure; maybe it was nothing. So, you simply keep walking. The next day you hear the news. Someone needed your help, but you didn’t know what to do.
MHS wrestling banquet…
The Meeker High School wrestling team enjoyed their banquet on Thursday, April 28, at Kilowatt Korner.
D.I. to present challenge May 9
The Destination Imagination team, Six Brains are Better Than One, will host a public presentation of their team challenge May 9, at 6:30 p.m., in the elementary school cafeteria.
BLM seeks public input
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will evaluate the potential impacts of constructing the Gateway South 500-kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) transmission line project, which is proposed to cross portions of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The project is proposed[Read More…]


