CNCC Foundation Dinner raises more than $39,000

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Roughly 170 persons attended the annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraising dinner Saturday at the Weiss Activities Center on campus.

Kids’ health fairs…

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Reese Lucero sports a colorful butterfly from the face-painting booth at the Rio Blanco Board of Cooperative Educational Services Children’s Health Fair in Rangely.

Rodeo team nets honors

CNCC head rodeo coach Jed Moore was voted the 2012-2013 Rocky Mountain Region Coach of the Year.

RANGELY I The Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) rodeo team made its mark in more ways than one at the last rodeo of the season, Mesa University’s Maverick Stampede and at the Rocky Mountain Regional awards ceremony over the weekend.

$5,000 goes to fire truck

Summit Midstream Partners, a natural gas gathering company, gave the Rangely Rural Fire Protection District (RRFPD) $5,000 toward the purchase of two new fire trucks last week. The donationis in memory of Summit Midstream plant operator Tom Gough’s 12-year-old son Collin Gough, who passed away last year. From left: Summit Midstream Partners Director of Operations Rick Smith, RRFPD Fire Chief Andy Shaffer, Summit Midstream plant operator Tom Gough and ice president of operations Joe Velasquez.

RANGELY I Natural gas gathering company Summit Midstream Partners made a $5,000 donation last week toward the purchase of two new fire trucks for the Rangely Rural Fire Protection District (RRFPD). The donation was made in memory of Summit Midstream plant operator Tom Gough’s 12-year-old son Collin, who passed away last June. Gough, along with [...]

New CNCC statue unveiled; capsule delayed by storm

The ceremony dedicated Stewart's Spartan sculpture, the time capsule and pedestal, and four benches in honor of the college's history and future. CNCC Student Government formally named the sculpture "Agesilaus" and the surrounding space "Sparta's Walls" after the Spartan king's response that Sparta's walls were its soldiers, much as CNCC's students are its "walls." The time capsule will be placed and sealed in the pedestal later this week.

RANGELY I That Colorado Northwestern Community College’s 50-year anniversary celebration culminated in blizzard conditions didn’t faze the approximately 30 people gathered under the Hefley Gym eaves for a time capsule dedication ceremony and unveiling of a new Spartan statue Tuesday afternoon.

New Eden hosts month-long diaper drive

New Eden Pregnancy Care Services of Meeker and Rangely is hosting a diaper and wipes drive through the month of April. Of the items women come to the center to receive help with, diapers are the biggest need, Meeker center director Krystle Dunton said. New Eden has set up donation areas at the Family Dollar and White River Market in Rangely, at Watt’s Ranch Market in Meeker and in local churches in both communities, including this “donation station” at Rangely’s First Baptist Church. All diaper sizes and brands are welcome.

RBC I For many families in Rio Blanco County, paying monthly bills is complicated by another expense: diapers. With the cost of keeping one child in clean, dry diapers ranging upward of $100 per month, the expense is a hardship for one in three American families, according to many “diaper bank” service organizations.

Showdown not slowed down by rain

It was a beautiful spring evening on Friday in Rangely as the American flag was carried past the bucking chutes at Columbine Park for the first of two performances of the inaugural Spartan Showdown Rodeo. The rodeo drew competitors from nine colleges for the first rodeo held in Rangely in several years.

— CNCC Spartan bull riders earn top honors at inaugural event — RANGELY I Rainy spring weather didn’t keep Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) bull riders from earning top honors at the inaugural Spartan Showdown Rodeo over the weekend.

Campaign raises more than $46,000 to save tank

Children’s music recording artist Lois LaFond spent time making music in the tank last week with several Rangely children (from left: Drew Zadra, Zane Wiley and Caleb Wiley). The Friends of the Tank successfully raised more than $46,000 in three weeks to secure and restore the unused water tank for the next generation of sound-makers.

RANGELY I The “Save the Tank” campaign may be over, but the task of saving the tank is just beginning.

Hole lot of trouble…

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Spring runoff, subsequent freezing and thawing and vehicles driving over the softened area have caused an approximately 4×4-foot section of asphalt to buckle in Rangely’s White River Market parking lot, store director Bill Wilkinson said Saturday. “Once the weather warms further, the section will be patched,” he said.

Easter means Easter egg hunts: Rangely

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Approximately 170 children turned out for the the Rangely Elks Club’s annual Easter egg hunt at Elks Park on Saturday morning.

Rangely moves on plant funding

RANGELY I The Rangely Town Board took steps March 26 to move funding forward for the second phase of a three-year, $5.5 million water treatment plant overhaul. The board approved a bond council engagement letter, which is mandatory for the town’s consideration for a $1.5 million Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority revolving fund [...]

CNCC hosts Spartan Showdown

RANGELY I Slip into your Wranglers and slide on your cowboy boots. In just over a week, it’s rodeo time in Rangely.

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