To all of the friends and family of Frances Woolley, who enjoyed her and helped her these past years of her time in Meeker, we thank you very much! She talked about the visits from friends, health workers, clergy, doctors and nurses. She appreciated the calls and the drop-by visits.
Tag: Opinion
Letter: Is there an age limit for trick-or-treat?
A few days ago, my husband and I were commenting on how nice it’s been in the last few years that Meeker has seen hardly any trouble or minor crimes on Halloween. I can remember a few years back reading in the paper how people were tired of their pumpkins[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Rangely Cares, Rangely Shares
Rangely Cares, Rangely Shares is an organization committed to helping Rangely residents who are seeking treatment for cancer or medical emergencies. We help with out-of-pocket expenses such as gas, motels and meals when going for out-of-town treatments. We have also been able to help those who have been in accidents[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks for making pumpkin patch go
Homemaker Furnishings would like to thank Dick Welle and WREA, Cindy Welle and Meeker Realty, Meeker Chamber of Commerce, and Bobby at Cuppa Joe
Request for info about traveling gypsies
This is a historical request for information about three wagons of traveling gypsies that came through the town of Meeker around 1946. My mother, Dorothy Kracht Archer, told me that she was about 13-14 years old when they came through town.
Letter: Wilderness Act would cut off access to land
Diana DeGette, representing the First District of Colorado, is once again proposing a large swath of land or 890,000 acres be set aside as part of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009. You may recall that U.S. Rep. DeGette proposed the same 1.65 million acres in 2007 that the Hidden[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks to supporters of Hailee Benefit Run
We would like to thank everyone who rode and donated to the Hailee Benefit Run. We hope to make this an annual event to help a local family every year. We would like to especially thank the following for their donations: Rangely True Value, Rangely/Dinosaur Conoco, Carquest, White River Market,[Read More…]
Letter: ERBM Punt, Pass and Kick was a success
I would like to thank all the participants, volunteers and spectators of the 2009 Punt, Pass and Kick event on Sept. 28. We had 34 participants ranging from ages 4-15. Congratulations to the first-place finisher in each age division who will have a chance to compete in the sectional competition[Read More…]
Letter: Meeker Fire Dept. appreciates donations
The Meeker Volunteer Fire Department taught fire prevention for preschool through fifth grades this past week. The preschool and kindergarten learned about good and bad fires, not to play with matches and lighters, stop, drop, cover your face and roll if your clothes catch fire, and what to do if[Read More…]
Letter: The rights of citizens should come first
A number of years ago I retired from a public entity in Rangely. Some time after retiring I discovered while reading minutes of this entity that the trustees met at public meetings and discussed making an amendment to previous minutes drafted, but the trustees, allegedly, did not record in the[Read More…]
State supreme court to decide county’s use tax case
An ongoing dispute with ExxonMobil over the county’s application of its use tax, could be settled soon as the state’s highest court will hear oral arguments in the case Tuesday. Rio Blanco County will be represented by attorney Malcolm Murray of Denver, who has been handling the case for the[Read More…]
Sharing a hunt brings back daughter’s love of outdoors
Two hours into her first archery elk hunt, Beckey Dowker was searching for cell service to call her daughters, Paige and Britaney, to let them know she had just killed her first elk with a bow.




