July ~ September • Mike Ehredt’s run across the country — he’s covering one mile in honor of every U.S. Soldier who has died in Iraq — took him through Meeker last weekend. • Doug Pfau and the Meeker School District have officially parted ways. Monday night, the Meeker School[Read More…]
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The search is on for Miss Teen Meeker-World
MEEKER I Christina Sacha, the Colorado director for the Miss Teen World pageant system is announcing that the search is on for the new Miss Teen Meeker-World. Once selected, the community representative will then advance on to compete in the Miss Teen Colorado-World Pageant to be held April 30 at[Read More…]
Business of the week announced
MEEKER | Meeker Chamber of Commerce business of the week is the Meeker Hotel and Cafe. To read its story, please visit www.meekerchamber.com.
RBC middle school girls open season on road
RBC I The Barone Middle School eighth-grade girls’ basketball team traveled to Craig with new head coach Kris Casey, where the A-team won, making two free throws with one second left.
MHS wrestles well for hometown crowd
RBC I The Cowboy wrestling team opened the 2011 season in front of a hometown crowd and although they did not win the dual against Coal Ridge the Cowboys did win five of eight matches wrestled. Meeker and the Rangely Panthers traveled to the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah[Read More…]
MHS wins one, loses one to open
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboys boys’ basketball team opened the 2011 season with a loss and a win over the past weekend. Meeker traveled to Hayden on Friday but ended on the short side of the score with a 60-50 loss. However, the Cowboys evened their league record at 1-1[Read More…]
Meeker Tea Party meeting Jan. 20
MEEKER | There will be a Tea Party meeting on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at Kilowatt Korner. This will be the first meeting of the new year and we would like to hear input as to what our goals should be heading into the 2012 election cycle. We would[Read More…]
Letter: Government vs. education
Yesterday I wrote to our two U.S. Senators and the Representative for our district and asked them to support phasing out the U.S. Department of Education over the next five years. Please don’t immediately assume that I am against the best education for our young people, since the opposite is[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys split games
MEEKER I The Lady Cowboys opened the 2011 part of the season with a new coach and two games on the road last weekend, losing the first in Hayden before winning in Vail. Meeker will play in Collbran Friday and host Paonia Saturday afternoon.
Obituary: Barbara L. Evenson
Barbara L. Evenson Jan. 8, 2011 Barbara L. Evenson, born in Gault, Calif., passed away on Jan. 8, 2011. George and Barbara were married in 1936. They had three children: Garry, Roy and Gretta.
Judging team wins stock show
MEEKER I The Colorado FFA Reserve Champion Livestock Judging team of Maclaine Shults, Stacey Fitzgibbons and Clay Carlson (New Raymer FFA) beat 12 other FFA teams from all over the country last Saturday and brought home the FFA chapter’s first national contest championship.
Historical Society elects officers
RBC I Rio Blanco Historical Society met Sunday afternoon at Kilowatt Korner in Meeker to share a soup luncheon and elect officers. Amid the quarterly meeting agenda which included an interesting presentation on rural schools in Rio Blanco County by Margie Rogers and Janice Clark, the group elected new officers[Read More…]
