MEEKER I Officials at Pioneers Medical Center watched the results of May’s special election to build a new hospital on the west end of the county with a vested interest. Rangely voters approved the request for a $38 million bond. Construction on the new hospital — scheduled to open in[Read More…]
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Meeker Locals
Believe it or not, there are holidays in June. Seems we often skip right over them after Memorial Day’s sunburn and the Fourth of July rush. Besides Flag Day (June 14) and Father’s Day (June 20), June is the month to celebrate “Hug Holiday,” June 11 and “Smile Power Day,”[Read More…]
Rangely Legion teams wins three of four
RANGELY I The Rio Blanco Legion baseball team split with Eagle on May 29, winning the first game 6-5 and losing the second 11-8. On June 2, the combined Rangely/Meeker team swept Basalt. They won the first game 7-4 and won the second 11-5.
Letter: How will landowners be impacted by filing?
This is a letter sent to the chairwoman of the Interbasin Compact Committee: As a property owner and resident of Western Colorado for much of my 67 plus years, I would like to let you know I found your presentation in Grand Junction thought provoking. You raised interesting questions that[Read More…]
Loose Ends: A hometown comfort
It is probably the most commonly asked question of both town and county residents. “How come you know everybody?” is asked by all ages of first-time visitors to our community. The most recent questioner was a preschooler, who was baffled each time she accompanied her grandmother to the grocery store,[Read More…]
Grandson on New Mexico soccer team
MEEKER I The New Mexico Olympic Development Program recently selected three soccer players from Farmington to represent New Mexico on its traveling squads to U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development events. One was Kegan Roady, son of Dave and Christi (Scritchfield) Roady and grandson of Al and Mona Avey of Meeker.
Taking turkeys
Landowners, DOW team up for April youth turkey hunt MEEKER I A chilly late-April weekend provided an exciting opportunity for three Colorado youngsters when they embarked on a guided private land turkey hunt. The opportunity came about through the coordination of the local DOW and the generosity of Seven Lakes[Read More…]
Goettel will judge contest
MEEKER I Meeker’s own Andy Goettel will preside over the 2010 Meeker Classic International Art Contest. Andy has been an art instructor for 34 years. During his tenure at Meeker High School, he has taught students in a myriad of mediums, including drawing, acrylics and oil painting, watercolors, pottery and[Read More…]
Campbell cards hole in one at Meeker
MEEKER I Brock Campbell, who was recently graduated from Meeker High School, recorded a hole-in-one Monday. “I was really excited,” Campbell said of the feat, witnessed by his dad, Brad Campbell. Campbell, who has been golfing since he was 6, said he used a pitching wedge on the par 3,[Read More…]
Huey ‘at home’ as PMC’s interim CEO
MEEKER I Ken Huey doesn’t know how long he’ll be the interim chief executive officer at Pioneers Medical Center. But, however long it turns out to be, one thing is for sure: He feels at home. “From a CEO standpoint, I’ve quickly felt this is my hospital,” Huey said. “It’s[Read More…]
Cause of ‘cloudy’ water is undetermined
MEEKER I The recent boil order for all users of Meeker’s town water supply was the result of the discovery of “cloudy water” in certain parts of town. Public Works Superintendent Russell Overton explained his department’s decision to issue the boil order at the June 2 Board of Trustees meeting[Read More…]
Letter: Democratic Party looks to the future
My odyssey started back in January when I attended the Democratic precinct caucus. By the end of March, through the county caucus and county assembly, I had volunteered to be a delegate at the Democratic State Assembly. The assembly, held in Broomfield on May 22, proved to be both an[Read More…]
