Toni Carroll-Simmons and husband Brandon participated in Saturday’s benefit poker run, a fundraiser to help the Simmons with medical expenses for Toni, who is undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer at a hospital in Denver.
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Obituary: Kati Joy Wood Buttram
Kati Joy Wood Buttram passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009, at the Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Grand Junction. As the ever-giving person, Kati spread joy and caring to all those around her. She shall be dearly missed by her family and friends.
Joe Sullivan’s 90th Birthday
Meeker’s Joe Sullivan, a longtime rancher, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday
Two-day wrestling clinic in Meeker
MEEKER I Charlie Falck, who was a senior University of Iowa wrestler, and Phil Keddy, who will be a senior for the Hawkeyes, will give a two-day clinic July 22 and 23 at Barone Middle School in Meeker.
Rio Blanco County: On patrol
Activity for July 3-9
Slide Show: New window at Catholic church
MEEKER | The Catholic church in Meeker recently replaced a stained glass window.
Birth: Kyra Jade Wright
Yvonne and Justin Wright are the proud parents of their first child, born July 11, 2009, at The Memorial Hospital in Craig, Colo., where they live.
Organizers ask Meeker trustees to chip in for Smoking River Pow Wow
MEEKER I Smoking River Pow Wow committee chair Lynn Lockwood updated Meeker’s Board of Trustees about new developments in the planning of the second annual powwow, and asked the “tribe of Meeker” to match a $2,000 donation from the Utes.
Obituary: Lorine U. Nielsen
Lorine U. Nielsen, 83, passed away July 10, 2009, at the Community Hospital in Grand Junction. Lorine was born on Aug. 5, 1925, in Caldwell, Texas, to Emil and Hattie Uhlig.
Cowboy Counselor also struggles with loss of friend
When Buckshot, a local psychotherapist, heard about longtime family friend Bren Sullivan, he found it difficult to separate the personal from the professional.
Slide Show: Sanctuary from the recession
Members of Meeker’s United Methodist Church broke ground Sunday for a new sanctuary. Given the economic times, Johnny Arrington, the church’s pastor, said the building project is a sign of the congregation’s faith and commitment.
Meeker locals
MEEKER I We like Stacy Hudelson so much we just thought she deserved an extra birthday greeting this year. Her birthday is actually in September, not July.