MEEKER | When equipment didn’t function on the ranch, my father-in-law would call it “broke down.” Being a teacher of grammar, I always wanted to say, “broken” but the message is clear either way. Something ain’t working. If Joe Sullivan, a master mechanic, and a life-long fixer of about everything[Read More…]
Tag: Opinion
Looking back to when water was plentiful
RBC | During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm in 1974, Jacobson watched three acres of its riverfront float away. More recently, it’s been drought, and then worse drought. Jacobson farms on Lamborn Mesa, perched above Paonia,[Read More…]
What do we owe wildland firefighters?
RBC | “It’s like having gasoline out there,” said Brian Steinhardt, forest fire zone manager for Prescott and Coconino national forests in Arizona, in a recent AP story about the increasingly fire-prone West. Now something else is happening — and at the worst possible time. Federal firefighters are leaving the[Read More…]
STAFF COLUMN: With responsibility comes accountability
We learned this week of the death of our former newspaper delivery person, Paula Maguire. Paula delivered the Herald Times and helped with distribution of our annual hunting guide for many years. She was also a rural mail carrier for the postal service. Originally from the East Coast, she often[Read More…]
Kaye’s Corner: California redwoods dwarf humans
MEEKER | Walking at the base of trees that rise hundreds of feet higher than you provides prospective about being a human being. These trees are just magnificent. You see one big one and then another big one and yet a taller one. When you look up, you can’t see[Read More…]
Letter: Museum thanks
Dear Editor: Throughout the last year, I have witnessed such kindness and generosity from so many people that I thought maybe I should try to say something about it. A year ago, the White River Museum had been closed for COVID for several months. During that time our manager stepped[Read More…]
Letter: Hopewest invites volunteers to walk in Fourth parade
Dear Editor: The Fourth of July is quickly approaching and Meeker HopeWest is making plans for a memorable Fourth by participating in this Honky Tonk parade. We’d like to invite all past and present volunteers that have helped in any way, be it with patients, youth grief groups, horse camp,[Read More…]
Campbell: recall statute clarification
Dear Editor: Let’s get the facts straight once and for all. C.R.S. 1-12-103 Petition for recall — statement of grounds The statement is for the information of the electors who are the sole and exclusive judges of the legality, reasonableness and sufficiency of the ground or grounds assigned for the[Read More…]
Morlan: recordings deleted by county
Over the last couple of months, there have been several letters saying, “Why doesn’t Dave release his executive sessions recordings or sign some kind of waiver.” I didn’t want to sign the waiver because it would give Moyer the freedom to do exactly what he did in last week’s letter,[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Wildflowers
MEEKER | The first Colorado wildflower I fell in love with was the columbine. Often during long tedious hikes, I would catch a glimpse of a bunch of them taking a little shade underneath the soaring, slim aspen trees and change my outlook. My backpacking trips in the Flat Tops,[Read More…]
Kummer: for the record, termination comments and facts
Dear Editor: After being wrongfully accused of being blatantly insubordinate by Commissioner Moyer, I decided to take a few minutes to write down some facts and comments about my employment and experience working for Rio Blanco County for almost 13 years. I would first like to say that in Rio[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Speak up–someone may listen
In 1970, after a forced retirement at the age of 65, Maggie Kuhn embarked on a new adventure — advocating for the rights of the elderly as the founder of the Gray Panthers. By the time of her death at 89, the organization had been instrumental in implementing nursing home[Read More…]
