On May 7, Eunice Cress celebrated her 92nd birthday! She was greeted with a surprise birthday/Mother’s Day party from her children,
Tag: Opinion
Up and down el Rio Blanco: Remembering, congratulating
Please don’t forget to honor the memory of the lives of soldiers, given while defending and fighting for our freedoms, this Memorial Day weekend.
Letter: Tucker Memorial hosts golf tournament
Thank you to the Meeker Golf Association, Jim and Debbie Cook and all of the sponsors and participants in the fourth annual Coach Bob Tucker Memorial Golf tournament.
Letter: No flamingos
Your Rangely readers might remember last spring’s migration of pink flamingos that stopped at the newly built water feature at the east end of Main Street. Thanks to W.C. Streigel Pipeline, the new landscaping really changed the appearance of the east end of town but who would have known flamingos[Read More…]
Thanks for article
I want to thank Hallie (Blunt) for the great article she wrote about my brother, Pat Johnson. He is not only known as a great neighbor but he is a wonderful brother, too. I know, because he has been my big brother for 84 years. Pat and I were the[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Seeking cowboy culture class
The life of the cowboy has been examined by academics, emulated by Old West enthusiasts and more recently become part of one Western Slope school district’s middle school curriculum.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Showing Up
“Spectacular,” said Judith Martinez, director of dropout prevention and student engagement for the Colorado Department of Education, when I told her about Torie Slagle’s upcoming feat.
Letter to the Editor: Family expresses thanks to community
Dear Editor: We would like to thank everyone so much for the care and concern you’ve shown to our family through this difficult time in our lives. We really appreciate all the thoughts, prayers, hugs, etc. The Family of Howard Sutton Meeker
Letter to the Editor: Feasibility study begins
Dear Editor: The Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy district announces the initiation of the Yellow Jacket Water Storage Feasibility Study.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: No Secrets
Maybe 15 or 20 years ago, I remember a brochure distributed by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce with the tag line “Colorado’s Best Kept Secret.” Unfortunately (or some might argue fortunately), try as we might to get the word out, Meeker still might be Colorado’s best kept secret.
Meeker Locals
Tis the middle of May, can you believe it? If you’re a gardener, wait for LO7 to be free of snow to gauge the right time to plant, according to local legend. If you have local gardening wisdom to share, please send it to Harold and we’ll share it in[Read More…]
Loose Ends: A tree grows in Meeker
Someone should declare a do-over for the tree planting part of the Arbor Day celebration. While it was officially celebrated a week or so ago across the state, there has been no word about how the high-country communities still digging out from the long winter actually commemorated it.
