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High flying …

April 1, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

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Katie Lockwood and her friends Shane Kobald and Zach Eskelson (not pictured) used the wind last weekend to fly their kites at the field on Sixth Street.

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What makes kids happy?

May 24, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

We live in a time when high self-esteem is encouraged early, when young people have more independence than ever, but also far more depression, anxiety, cynicism and loneliness. So how do we help our kids be happy and successful, without becoming what many experts dub the “Entitled Generation”?

Filed Under: County Tagged With: Children, Parenting, RBC

Cultivating your child’s language skills is important

February 19, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

There is nothing more exciting for parents than hearing their little ones as they begin to speak. First words are recorded in baby books or on video, and remembered forever.

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Screenings begin March 2 for county children through age 5

February 19, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Leave a Comment

RBC — It’s Child Find Time. Horizons Specialized Services, in conjunction with Rio Blanco BOCES, the Department of Social Services, County Health, Aspen Dental Clinic and Columbine Medical Clinic, are all getting together to screen our young children ages 6 months to 5 years in Rangely and Meeker.

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Regas Halandras sworn in as new mayor of Meeker

MEEKER I Lifelong Meeker resident Regas Halandras was sworn in Tuesday night as the new mayor of Meeker, having moved up from his termed-out seat on the Meeker Town Board, where he had served eight years.

Tessa Slagle, right, a senior at Rangely High School, meets with Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett, left, outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. during a week spent in the nation’s capitol as one of two Colorado students chosen for a U.S. Senate-sponsored program to acquaint students with the workings of the federal government. At center is high school senior Chinmay Pandit of Fort Collins.

RHS senior Tessa Slagle represents state in D.C.; learns Washington ways

RANGELY I Rangely High School senior Tessa Slagle, one of two Colorado delegates chosen for the 2014 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), returned last month from “Washington Week,” part of a national initiative aimed at helping students understand the inner workings of the U.S. government and to encourage careers in public service.

2013-2014 Miss Colorado Teen and The Pageant U.S. National Teen Alyssa Magalong, a sophomore at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely stands behind locks of hair cut during the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ponytail cutting event March 20. Twenty-two donors gave a combined 247 inches of hair to the organization, which makes real-hair wigs for women with cancer. The event ties into Magalong’s pageant platform, Support for Cancer Patients.

22 donate hair to aid cancer victims

RANGELY I Twenty-two donors ages 6 to 43 donated a combined 247 inches of hair at the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ponytail cutting event on March 20 on the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) campus in Rangely.

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10th annual CNCC Foundation Dinner and Dance

Cary Baird, left, the community engagement specialist for Chevron, presents a check for $25,000 to Peggy Rector, president of the Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation, left, and CNCC President Russell George, right, during the 10th Annual CNCC Foundation Dinner on Saturday night at CNCC. The check, dinner tickets and prolific bidders in the silent and […]

Paul Sheridan, president of the board at Pioneers Medical Center, welcomed more than 120 people to the groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the new hospital, to be built just off of Highway 13, about 2 miles north and east of Meeker.

Pioneers breaks ground on new hospital

MEEKER I On Friday afternoon, amid cloudy and breezy skies, more than 120 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pioneers Medical Center, two miles northeast of downtown Meeker.

Six Destination Imagination teams from Meeker qualified in Rifle recently for the state competition. In addition, The Seven Mischief Minions of the Mind and the Snack Attacks received Da Vinci awards, given to teams who have a unique approach to a solution. The Hepta-tectives team received the Renaissance Award, given for outstanding skill in the areas of design, engineering or performance. The six teams will head to the state tournament in April.

Six DI teams from Meeker headed to state

MEEKER I Meeker was well represented with 10 teams at the 2014 Western Slope Regional Destination Imagination Tournament in Rifle during the past weekend. Six of those teams will be going to the state competition in April.

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County presents justice center concept plan

MEEKER I Roughly 90 people were present the evening of March 12 as the Rio Blanco County commissioners unveiled their concept drawing for turning the old Meeker Elementary School into a new justice center, which would hold the county jail, courts, sheriff’s office, county attorney and staff and court-related offices.

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Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers…

Secretary/Treasurer Connie Theos, left, and President Angelo Theos, right, ran the annual meeting on Friday of the Rio Blanco County Woolgrowers Association at Kilowatt Korner in Meeker. Roughly 50 people attended the meeting, where the members heard from representatives of the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Farm Services Agency and the […]