Daily Archives: May 24, 2011

The end of the year is upon us, and we can smell the sweet sent of summer beyond it. This week is the last week for our school and finals are due, but we are more concerned about getting out into the fresh air and hot summer sun.

There will be things that we miss about this school during the summer, and things that our Seniors will never get to be apart of as students ever again. People will miss their favorite classes, extra curricular activities, and the friends that will move on to colleges to further extend their education and follow the path set before them into the future.

This school year held many different obstacles for students. For instance, the freshmen got to choose their classes for the first time and may have found that one class may not have held the same interests as they may have thought before. Tests that crippled some students grades while other tests built the foundation for a solid A. There were new friendships created and old ones that fell apart. Hearts broken and hearts fixed.

We all had academic and personal struggles throughout the year that helped us learn and grow in maturity to ready us for the lives ahead. This school year brought joy and tears that will never be lost to us, but must store them in our memories for now. We are ready for a break from learning and are preparing to start the next year in our lives, whether here at Meeker High School or somewhere else in this world. Summer beckons us and we yield to its call.

We hope you have a great summer break.

With summer only days away, people are starting to make their plans for a get-away.

Deb Henderson, coach of Meeker High School girls basketball team, will be holding basketball practices as well as games throughout the summer, to keep people who have the desire to play basketball occupied.

Practice begins at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm and starts May 23, continuing every Monday and Wednesday.

For more information contact Deb at 970-878-3217.

As the school year comes to a close and the summer starts up, there’s something we always seem to lose in the summer. It’s fun to be lazy, but imagine your summer to do list not as a to do list but more like a bucket list. You only get so many summers in a life time.

Sleep in but don’t sleep your summer away. What I mean is live during your summer, do things you love. Don’t just sit there. Get up, get out, go camping with your friends, go see a movie, ask that guy or girl to go on walk with you, have a party get wild (but not insane).

Summer is only 3 months long, if that; make it your goal to go and try something different every day. It only lasts a little so attack each day. Every day when you wake up say, “Today we live!!!”

There are no words to describe the taste of Apple Cinnamon Wedges. Your taste buds will be going off the wall. This is an easy snack that the whole family will love.  It only takes 15 minutes to discover heaven.

Start out with 1/4 cup of creamy peanut butter spread, then 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, and 4 small Granny Smith apples.

Once you have all the ingredients, you begin by mixing peanut butter and cinnamon  in a small bowl until they are blended.  Then cut the apples into wedges using and apple slicer, removing the core and not cutting the whole way through. Now hold apple wedges together loosely so you can fill middle cavity with the peanut butter mixture. Afterwards press wedges together, but be careful not to squeeze out all the filling.

Your whole family will love these cinnamon wedges that craze your taste buds.