Tag: Meeker

Correction

MEEKER | In the August 25 edition of the Rio Blanco Herald Times, the article entitled “Questions and answers about the Meeker Classic” inadvertently listed the number of points the runner-up will receive as 25.

Meeker Locals

Happy Labor Day! This Monday is Labor Day, celebrated for the first time in 1882 in New York City as a “workingman’s holiday”. It became a national holiday in 1894.

Refunds for WREA members

MEEKER I Members of White River Electric Association who paid electric bills in 1993 and 1994 will soon receive capital credit refund checks in the mail. The WREA board of directors annually reviews and pays out capital credit refunds to its members.

Loose Ends: Show and tell time

The beginning of school is usually the introduction of a time-honored tradition in the primary grade classroom: show and tell. Preschoolers and kindergarteners delight in sharing items they picked up during summer vacation or even a special rock or stick they found out in the yard.

Golfing for United Way

The Meeker Golf Course was host to 120 golfers Saturday last for the third annual United Way 2011 Piceance Golf tournament, sponsored by ExxonMobil and supported by many of the energy companies working in the Piceance Creek Basin. “We like doing good things for the communities we work, live and[Read More…]

HOME OF: Mike & Mary Grady

MEEKER | Mike and Mary Grady of Meeker are this week’s “home of” honorees. Mike came here in 1964 to work for Alice and Henry Jacobs. “I was a friend of their son in college who was killed his junior year.

Letter: Thankful parent

Words fall short when I try to describe what has gone into moving the Meeker Elementary School classrooms. I am just so amazed at how the Meeker School District staff has rallied, worked together and remained positive during this time.

PMC Meet and Greet …

Pioneers Medical Center showcases its growing services to the community. Staff was available to answer questions about the variety of services available at PMC and they are excited to be offering surgical care, MRI imaging services, expanded laboratory services and more.

Shooting range sight-in days

MEEKER | The Meeker Sportsman’s Club range will be open during archery season. It will be closed Oct. 13-Nov. 30 except for sight-in days on Oct. 13-14, Oct. 20-21, Nov. 3-4, Nov. 15 and the annual turkey shoot on Nov. 20.

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 120 years ago • The man who gets mad at what the newspaper says about him should return thanks three times a day for what the newspaper knew about him and suppressed.