George Clarence Wenschhof, 80, of Gulf Shores, Ala., passed away peacefully at home in his sleep on January 9, 2022, after a prolonged illness, with his wife by his side.
Deadline to request absentee ballots for Lincoln County elections is March 30
The Shawnee News-Star
Voters in Lincoln County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for any of the following elections being held on April 6 should apply now, Lincoln County Election Board Secretary Melissa Stambaugh said.
Board of education general elections for:
• Meeker School District I-95
• City of Prague - continuation of sales tax
Although the county election board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30, Stambaugh urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early.
Absentee ballot application forms are available at the county election board office, located in the courthouse at 811 Manvel Avenue, Suite 15, in Chandler. An online version of the form can be filled out and submitted electronically at: www.elections.ok.gov. A print form can also be downloaded at that address.
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RBC | Both Meeker and Rangely are seeing spikes in positive COVID-19 cases, and an increase in the number of residents requiring hospitalization. As of Monday, six local residents, ranging in age from their 50s to 80s, were being treated at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker.
81% of ICU beds in the Northwest region are currently in use. There have been no more than two new hospitalizations per day of Rio Blanco County residents in the past two weeks.
RBC Public Health Director Alice Harvey and Public Health Nurse Sarah Coker said the initial rise in positive cases may have been linked to the holidays, but most of the new cases added in the last two weeks are likely from widespread community transmission.
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MEEKER | Newcomers in this little town have become more frequent as the years go on. One of the more recent additions, Randy Adams and his wife, are from a small town outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. Vacationing in Colorado made the couple fall in love with the state, causing Adams to set up alerts on his phone to notify him of job openings in Colorado.
The couple’s journey to Meeker started last June. “We were drinking strawberry wine in a Kansas winery when a notification pops up on my phone: Band Director Position in Meeker, CO,” Adams said. They decided to make a pit stop in Meeker after finding out the town is in the Rockies. The trip made it a “no-brainer” that this is their dream destination and also his dream job.
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MHS principal Amy Chinn (left) and Meeker School District Superintendent Chris Selle (right) received a $32,952 lighting rebate check from WREA General Manager Alan Michalewicz (center) on Tuesday. | COURTESY PHOTO
MEEKER | White River Electric General Manager, Alan Michalewicz, was pleased to deliver a $32,952 lighting rebate check to Meeker High School on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Meeker School Superintendent Chris Selle and MHS Principal Amy Chinn were more than happy to receive the rebate that will be applied to the school district construction fund. WREA encourages all its membership to look into energy efficiency and lighting rebates. WREA’s rebates are provided as a part of Tri-State Generation & Transmission’s overall energy efficiency and rebate program.