RBC I We’ve become a nation of pompous two-faced frauds. We like to eat good food but hate the farmers and ranchers who produced it. We think food comes from the grocery store and that water comes from the tap. We cuss fossil fuels and yet drive cars and trucks[Read More…]
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COWBOY POETRY …
Trappers Lake Lodge held its first annual Cowboy Gathering on the Mountain July 30. The event was a success despite a downpour. Attendees enjoyed music and poetry from performers including Caitlyn Taussig.
Lois Norine Kenney Robinson-Hedges
March 30, 1929 ~ Aug. 13, 2021 Lois Norine Kenney was born March 30, 1929, to John Willis Kenney and Ruth Anne Warren Kenney. A member of two pioneering Rio Blanco County, Colorado, families who homesteaded before Colorado was a state, Lois spent her early years on the Kenney home[Read More…]
Allen Lou Harp
Aug. 10, 2021 Allen Lou Harp passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 after a long battle with aggressive pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by family and loved ones in his final days. He was 60. Previous to making his own little family, Allen served in the United States Navy, achieving[Read More…]
Meeker traffic citations spike with I-70 closure
MEEKER I At its regular meeting Aug. 17, the Town of Meeker’s Board of Trustees heard from Chief of Police Eddy Thompson about traffic on Market Street during the I-70 closures. Traffic citations spiked during the closure of I-70 through Glenwood Canyon. The board also heard from Public Works Superintendent[Read More…]
Pauline Kathryn Rodgers Smith
March 10, 1936 ~ Aug. 14, 2021 Pauline Kathryn Rodgers Smith of Meeker, Colorado, was born in Newton, Kansas on March 10, 1936 to Alvin and Mabel (Ratzlaff) Rodgers and passed from this life on Aug. 14, 2021 at 85 years of age. Pauline grew up in Claflin, Kansas. After[Read More…]
New format for Jammin’ Lamb Fest this year
MEEKER | People visit the Meeker Classic to watch the dogs and to experience the community of Meeker and all it has to offer. Along with that comes the craving for lamb. Many “lamb” traditions have surrounded the annual Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials for thirty-four years–barbecues, sheepdog trials and[Read More…]
The Colorado River is sending us a message
RBC I It feels like an apocalypse in the Southwest — wildfires, floods, drought, heat, smoke. This was not the norm when I moved to Colorado 35 years ago. Climate scientists may have predicted the arrival of these extreme events, but many admit their predictions have come true faster than[Read More…]
MHS XC runs in Basalt
MEEKER I Meeker High School cross country competed in the Basalt Invitational last Saturday, Aug. 28, with Brighton Bair the only runner in the girls race. She ran well, finishing 16th out of 84 runners, in a time of 22:29. The boys race had 92 finishers, and Gabe Richardson,[Read More…]
Letter: Response to Moffitt
Dear Editor: Mr. Moffitt raised some interesting and important points in his letter last week regarding vaccination. I would like to extend that discussion to clarify some of the related issues. A goal of the vaccines is to protect individuals, yes. But it’s more than that. Vaccines also protect other[Read More…]
Kaye’s Corner: Quilts galore
MEEKER I A visit to a quilt show can’t get any better than this! Come see contemporary patterns, heirloom hand-stitched works, holiday, baby, and memorial artistic works from the past to the present. The Meeker BA Chapter of P.E.O. will again be hosting its annual fundraiser with more than 100[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Reason, is that you?
MEEKER I I haven’t heard the timeworn phrase, “It is what it is,” so much lately. Before Covid vaccinations were available, quite a few of us seemed to blurt those five little words out midstream in conversation, often accompanied by a commonly recognized gesture conveying total exasperation: both arms extended[Read More…]
