Meeker, Stories

Tree’s journey begins Nov. 6 in Meeker

Members of the Meeker High School National Honor Society and FCCLA help Mary Cunningham Gillespie, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Forest Service, attach hangers, individually wrap and box more than 5,000 ornaments for the Capitol Christmas Tree and the 70 accompanying trees, coming from the White River National Forest.
Gillespie has been traveling around western Colorado visiting schools and attending festivals gathering ornaments (three examples pictured) and an article about the project will be…