Before our V.F.W. (Veterans of Foreign Wars) and V.A. (Veterans Administration) and American Legion, there was an organization called G.A.R. which stands for Grand Army of the Republic. It was a fraternal organization made up of American Union soldiers and sailors who served in our Civil War. There had been[Read More…]
Tag: Opinion
Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 7
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
Guest Column: Speak now, and impact 2024 legislation
When I was teaching at Steamboat Springs High School, one of the things that we covered in my social studies classes was the concept of a representative democracy. My students and I would discuss the importance of leaders reflecting the wants and needs of their constituents. A truly representative democracy[Read More…]
Guest Column: The problem that just won’t go away
When I read the Salt Lake Tribune editorial on July 2, my heart sank. A Utah man with severe mental illness had died in a poorly regulated care home, with a mere $8,000 fine levied against the managers. The editorial was fierce: “It doesn’t seem to matter how horrible the[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: July 27, 2023
More from CD3 candidate Dear Editor, I am currently running unopposed for Colorado’s Congressional District 3 Republican nomination. My only credible opponent in the 2024 general election is Aspen-Adam Frisch, whose single platform plank when I announced my candidacy was to defeat Lauren Boebert. Since I plan to do just[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 6 Part 1
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
It’s a …
ED PECK PHOTO/CUTLINE Kevyn Mack was the first reader to supply correct answers to last week’s “what is this tool?” quiz. Answer: The wrench was designed for specific nuts and bolts on a McCormick Deering mower of unknown year. Old machines often had carriage bolts with square nuts. McCormick Deering[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: What do we see?
“Cyberspace is a funhouse mirror of our own society.” Bruce Sterling During the previous century (late 1990s), when I told a friend I was moving to Meeker she flinched. She’d recently been on a cross-country flight and her seatmate turned out to be from Meeker. They’d told her the town[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: July 13, 2023
Thanks for 80th birthday celebration Dear Editor, I would like to shout a big thank you to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for coming from all over the country to celebrate my 80th birthday. Thank you to all of my dear friends, loving family and my great former students that[Read More…]
Veteran’s Corner: Write your Congressmen
In 1979 my 1st Sgt. told me, “When you have tried following the proper channels and gone up the Chain of Command then you can write your Congressman. Please feel free to copy my letter and share your thoughts with our Congresswoman, Lauren Boebert. She is first rate. My wife[Read More…]
Letter: Thank you to Meeker fire crew, PMC staff
Dear Editor, Meeker is blessed to have folks like these: Thank you to the Meeker Volunteer Fire Department. Last month they helped save my father-in law’s barn from burning down. Quick response, professional performance. Thank you to the folks at Pioneer Medical Center. Last month I had a medical emergency[Read More…]
Guest Column: Protecting Colorado’s water future
This year’s legislative session was one of the most important and impactful for water — our state’s most precious resource — in recent history Water is the lifeblood of the Western Slope, as it powers our agriculture, tourism and recreation industries and sustains the health and well-being of our communities.[Read More…]
