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Michelle Balleck, coordinator of Connections 4 Kids early childhood council, presents a basket of child-themed prizes valued at $50 on March 6 to Gracie Varner, 3, of Rangely, during the Rio Blanco County Children’s Health Fair in Rangely. Connections 4 Kids conducted a drawing in Rangely and in Meeker, where 4-year-old LiLi Piper won the prize package. Balleck and Ashley Moon, registered dental hygienist and oral health coordinator for Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, will also provide oral health assessments and fluoride varnish at the Children’s Health Fair in Craig on March 22 and 23. Another family will win a basket in Craig as well.

Moon applies a fluoride varnish to 4-year-old Abigail Patch’s teeth March 6 at the Rio Blanco County Children’s Health Fair in Rangely. Moon and Michelle Balleck, both of Connections 4 Kids early childhood council, will also provide oral health assessments and fluoride varnish at the Children’s Health Fair in Craig on March 22 and 23. To schedule appointments for children birth to age 5 not yet in kindergarten, call 824-7457.