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Rio Blanco County Warranty Deeds

JUNE 2010 TRANSACTIONS Seller: David Udall Buyer: Robert McFerron Description: Subdivision: La Mesa PUD Replat of Lots 49 and 59 of Replat #1 of Replat of La Mesa PUD 282239 Lot: 37 1351 La Mesa Circle Transaction Price: $41,000

It’s elementary!

DEDICATION CEREMONY, RIBBON CUTTING MARK OPENING OF THE NEW MEEKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL School board member Bill de Vergie and Susan Goettel, superintendent, along with other board members did the honors during Monday’s dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Meeker Elementary School.

Meeker Locals

We’re all going to pretend the leaves on the trees aren’t starting to fade, and the mornings aren’t getting progressively colder. Maybe we’ll have a nice Indian summer this year.

Williams to increase Piceance production

RBC I Williams, which has the largest operation in the Piceance Basin, will add another rig in the Piceance by the end of the year, or sooner, as part of its effort to increase production in the next two years, the Grand Junction Sentinel reported Aug. 16.

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 90 years ago • Two Meeker citizens were honored in connection with the Governor Cox notification ceremonies. They were John A. Watson and E. H. Sexson. • At the Republican County Assembly: “They are still talking of reopening the Colorado Midland Railway.”

Loose Ends: Opening day in the classroom

It has been a while since I met children in the doorway of my classroom for the first day of school. Retired from 23 years of teaching in elementary schools, I still miss a lot of things about the yearly opening day. This year I felt an especially sharp pang,[Read More…]