“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ―William Faulkner On my first visit to the ocean I waded hesitantly into the surf, feeling the ground seem to disappear beneath me as the water receded, only to be knocked down by the[Read More…]
Tag: Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – September 12th, 2024
Food Bank grateful for multiple donations and support Dear Editor: The Meeker Community Food Bank has been truly blessed in the past month. Mountain Valley Bank’s Summer Festival helped us stock our shelves with many donations given by people of the community. They have been supporting the food bank this[Read More…]
CNCC CORNER – CNCC: A Unique Education Grounded in the Colorado Experience
On Aug. 19, 2024, CNCC’s Fall semester began with the college seeing a positive and steady enrollment trend that includes a surge in growth among our concurrent enrollment, aviation and bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene programs. These programs among others at the College are wildly popular because the institution takes[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: Special session recap from Sen. Roberts
The Colorado Legislature is not typically in session at the Capitol in late August; yet that’s exactly where we found ourselves. As a result of our special late-summer session, even more property tax relief is coming to every Colorado homeowner and small businesses across the state. And, hopefully, it also[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – September 5th, 2024
“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.” ― Aristotle With Labor Day just passed, I’ve been mulling over the outrageous value of the thousands of hours of volunteering and other unpaid work and service that keep our society functioning. The presence — and necessity[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – September 5th, 2024
Thank you to the Meeker Fire Dept. Dear Editor: We would like to send a heartfelt thank you to all of our neighbors that helped us put out a hay fire on our property on Sunday afternoon. They were so helpful while we waited for the Fire Department, and we[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – August 29th, 2024
“I’m tired, boss… Mostly, I’m tired of people being ugly to each other.” ― “The Green Mile,” Stephen King Can you relate? If you still have a smidgen of decency left in your soul, I think you do. Maybe it’s always been this way, or maybe the ugliness has become[Read More…]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – August 29th, 2024
Thank you to the community from the Watt family Dear Editor: The Watt family would like to extend their deepest gratitude for the opportunity to have served the community of Meeker for the last 69 years. Tom and Liz Watt bought the grocery store in 1955, and it has been[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: Flying cars
On Saturday morning cartoons in my childhood, we watched the Roadrunner and the Jetsons. The Jetsons started each episode by introducing George Jetson as the breadwinner in a futuristic world where everyone has a flying car. George’s job at Spacely Space Sprockets was titled “digital index operator.” George pushed buttons[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – The ‘Othering’
“You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest terms with the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” ― The Breakfast Club Othering is[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – What if our emotional energy is the latest commodity for sale?
“Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.” ― Vincent Van Gogh I was horrified by the 1977 book “Coma,” where unsuspecting hospital patients are rendered comatose and their healthy organs harvested for sale. A similar premise[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN – Change is tough. It’s also unavoidable.
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” ― Robert Fulghum Ah, change. That’s practically a four-letter word around these parts. I chuckle a little when folks who’ve been here a year[Read More…]
