Free community dinner at VFW MEEKER | Free Community Dinner at the Meeker V.F.W./American Legion, 290 4th Street, Thursday, Feb. 17 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Stop the Bleed Classes Feb. 18 MEEKER | Stop The Bleed Classes, Friday, Feb. 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to[Read More…]
Tag: Retirement
RETIREMENT, SWEET RETIREMENT …
Kathy Sizemore (center) with Si Woodruff (left) and Meeker Chief of Police Ed Thompson. Sizemore was celebrated by Town of Meeker and Meeker Police Department staff, family and friends at a retirement party last Friday at Buffalo Hall. She worked at the Meeker Police Department for 34 years. | AMANDA SMITH[Read More…]
Bittersweet …
Students and families led a parade around Pinyon Circle in Rangely on April 29 to honor RE-4 paraeducator Patsy Wanstedt. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wanstedt, who is retiring this year, was unable to finish the school year with her students. She has been with the district for nearly 19[Read More…]
Saying goodbye to ‘Officer Friendly’
MEEKER | After 40 distinguished years in law enforcement, Meeker Police Chief Phil Stubblefield will retire on April 2 after three years, almost to the day (April 18, 2017), in that position. While chief of police is one of the great zeniths of law enforcement, Stubblefield’s career has been eclectic[Read More…]
Ekstrom retiring after 32 years as CSU extension agent
RBC | There are individuals living and working within our communities who impact a lot more lives than we might expect. The county extension agent is one of those positions, and for the last 32 years, Bill Ekstrom has held that role in Rio Blanco County. He’s retiring this week, and[Read More…]
Celebration for Ardith Douglass Feb. 23
MEEKER | There will be an afternoon tea retirement celebration for Ardith Douglass at the White River Museum at 565 Park Ave., in Meeker on Friday, Feb. 23 from 3-5 p.m.
Celebration for Ardith Douglass Feb. 23
Meeker | There will be an afternoon tea retirement celebration for Ardith Douglass at the White River Museum at 565 Park Ave., in Meeker on Friday, Feb. 23 from 3-5 p.m.
Merriam retires after 17 years with sheriff’s office
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times RBC | Rio Blanco County Sheriff Anthony Mazzola and some 50 friends and law enforcement colleagues attended a retirement party on Friday, Oct. 27 for Lt. Deby Merriam, detentions commander, who is retiring after 17 years of service to our county. “It[Read More…]
Washburn honored at retirement party
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | About 30 people, including law enforcement officers, family, friends and city and county personnel gathered in the town hall board room on June 8 for a retirement party for Mike Washburn, who served and protected Meeker and Rio Blanco citizens[Read More…]
Retiring…
Mike Washburn retires from Meeker PD after 29 years
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | After 29 years of service to the citizens of Meeker and Rio Blanco County, Mike Washburn is retiring from the Meeker Police Department (MPD) at the end of May, having also served with the Sheriff’s Department before the MPD. Born[Read More…]