By Wes Eubanks Meeker V.F.W. Special to the Herald Times RBC | The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on Jan. 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South[Read More…]
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‘The Chosin Few’ of the Korean War
By Wes Eubanks Meeker VFW RBC | By mid-1950 after the successful landing at Inchon by the U.S. X Corps and the subsequent destruction of the Korean People’s Army, the Korean War appeared to be all but over. United Nations (U.N.) forces advanced rapidly into North Korea with the intention[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Remember those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor, and in the days that followed
By Wes Eubanks Meeker VFW Post 5843 Special to the Herald Times RBC | Every year since that fateful day Americans have honored the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. We remember also the survivors who would bear terrible scars both physical and mental. We[Read More…]
Community Calendar: October 27, 2016
– The Meeker Library Book Club meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of each month (excluding holidays). The next meeting will be Nov. 14. We will be discussing “The Little Paris Bookshop” by Nina George. All interested readers are welcome. Stop by the Meeker Library for details. – Quilting[Read More…]
Community Calendar: October 6, 2016
Discover the Parks Oct. 11 from 9:30-11 a.m. at Paintbrush Park. Call 878-3403 or visit meekerrecdistrict.com. A free legal clinic for parties who have no attorney will be featured from 2-3:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Meeker Public Library at 490 Main St in Meeker. Please contact the Meeker[Read More…]
VFW “Voice of Democracy” scholarship deadline Nov. 1
MEEKER I Meeker Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall No. 5843 is one of the VFW halls nationally taking part in the organization’s annual Voice of Democracy scholarship competition for students nationally.
Rangely trail project advances while new veterans’ memorial park nears completion
RANGELY I A non-motorized trails project in the works for more than two years approached completion this week while Town of Rangely subcontractors began work on a veterans’ memorial park in the existing Hefley Park last week. The first link of a 16-mile, five-loop trail system outlined in a 2011[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: State veterans home makes difference
Dear Editor: Can individual acts make a difference? You bet.
Memorial honors county veterans
MEEKER I The ground was broken in early June on the lawn and sidewalk at the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, but the statue and the stone/concrete construction of the actual Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial will be unveiled and dedicated in downtown Meeker on Thursday after the parade.
VFWs combine efforts; construction begins on county veterans memorial
MEEKER I The ground was broken two weeks ago on the lawn and sidewalk at the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, but the stone and concrete construction of the actual Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial will begin this week in downtown Meeker.
Veterans memorial donation…
Rio Blanco County veterans service officer Hoot Gibson accepts a $3,000 check from Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan and Recreation and Park District (WRBM) executive director Tim Webber last Friday.
Eagle Scout, VFW conduct flag ceremony
MEEKER I Eagle Scout Collin Cochran will join VFW Commander Tom Kilduff and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in conducting an official and patriotic flag retirement ceremony on the courthouse lawn immediately following the conclusion of the parade.
