The Rio Blanco County livestock judging team competed at the Tri-River Area contest on June 5 in Loma. The senior team of Maclaine Shults, Morgan Neilson and Stacey Fitzgibbons won the senior division.
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Owners of The Bakery receive 9Who Care Award, will serve as grand marshals in July 4 parade
Small towns have big hearts Small towns are filled with big hearts, and Meeker is no exception. One business that has epitomized that persona for many years, both in word and deed, is The Bakery. While The Bakery is known throughout Meeker as the place for the best breakfast, it[Read More…]
Letter: Writer bewildered by Pfau’s dismissal
I would like to take a moment to publicly reflect on a few concerns that are troubling me in regards to the recent dismissal of the school district’s superintendent, Mr. Doug Pfau, by the Meeker School Board.
RIO BLANCO DAYS GONE BY
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago • Sulphur Creek is now dry. Last year it had running water all season. But this is an off season. • With the completion of the Lost Creek Ditch the Coal Creek mesa region will be supplied with an abundance of water.
Comeau completes Army basic training
MEEKER I Army Pvt. Adia J. Comeau has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Range Call fireworks show ‘biggest of the Western Slope’
Just like Range Call’s 125th anniversary celebration, Meeker’s Fourth of July fireworks show will be a big deal. Really big. “I would have to say, it will be the biggest show on the Western Slope,” said Todd Morris, who is in charge of the fireworks production and is a licensed[Read More…]
Letter: Primary voters will determine candidates
On Aug. 10, qualified voters of Colorado will determine which candidates’ names they want on the general election ballot. As noted in a June 17 classified ad, the August primary election will be a mail-ballot election and voters must be affiliated as Republican, Democrat or Libertarian in order to automatically[Read More…]
July 4 dunk tank schedule:
11 a.m. — Tawny Halandras, Mountain Valley Bank 11:20 a.m. — Kim Kendall, Meeker High School 11:40 a.m. — Jeremy Simmons, Rio Blanco County industrial health officer Noon — Michele Morgan, Blue Spruce Motel
Devereaux is honored by his lifelong home
MEEKER I If someone had reason to be bitter, it might be Charles Devereaux. After all, growing up as an African-American in Meeker, he was one of the few blacks in a town that was overwhelmingly white.
Letter: Fourth of July is a religious holiday too
I am not sorry the birth of our nation, the United States of America, has fallen on a Sunday every seven years. America is 234 years old, so the Fourth of July has been on a Sunday approximately 33.4 years.
2010 ERBM MINI-TRIATHLON RESUlTS
13-18 girls — Cody Pfau 74.55 13-18 boys — Zane Pfau 61.36 19-24 men — Keenan Walter 49.57
Never to be forgotten: Runner is covering mile for each soldier killed in Iraq War
MEEKER I One man. One mile. One flag. More than 4,400 fallen soldiers. None will be forgotten. 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.
