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…]
Tag: Opinion
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.
Letter: Don’t be a bystander
You’re out, and you think you saw something. You’re not sure; maybe it was nothing. So, you simply keep walking. The next day you hear the news. Someone needed your help, but you didn’t know what to do.
Letter: Thank you for helping hands
I want to thank all of the wonderful people of Meeker who brought food, flowers, cards, ran errands for me, visited, called on the phone and just took such good care of me after my recent surgery.
Letter: Rocha a blessing
We would like to thank Christina Mendoza Rocha for taking awesome care of our cousin Johnny Dominguez this past year.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Perseverance
“Endeavor to persevere,” said Lone Watie, the Indian character in the 1976 movie “The Outlaw Josey Wales.”
Loose Ends: A place where everyone knows your name
During a recent phone call, the woman was surprised to hear her preschool granddaughter ask, “How is my Meeker?”
Letter to the Editor: Water district needs input from taxpayers
Dear Editor: The Yellow Jacket Water Conservation District needs input from taxpayers and community leaders within our district. Water districts in our state can greatly benefit the people within their district and ours can too.
Meeker Locals
You’ve got three extra days to file your income taxes, thanks to a little-known Washington, D.C., holiday that happens to fall on April 16 this year.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Keep the momentum
“I think we have momentum,” Katelin Cook said after a recent public meeting about economic development in Rio Blanco County. “The rubber meets the pavement in the way the information is dealt with; is it ignored or embraced?” asked Peter Brixius, Rangely town manager, after a public meeting concerning the[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Pioneer pines
Picking up errant pine cones littering the driveway, the woman suddenly saw them in a new light. The stately old trees were planted by a pioneer family in the 1880s, not long after the original settlement of the former camp on White River.
“Does My Generation Have a Role in America’s Future?”
The following essay is the Colorado state winner for the Voice of Democracy essay contest. Shane Baumgardner of Colorado Springs, Colo., won a $1,000 scholarship.
