
Rio Blanco County has a full 4-H program with thriving market livestock and general project clubs.
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Continued from last week’s results:

RANGELY I Rangely 4-H had a council meeting June 6 in which 34 members and parents met at Highway 139 at 6 p.m.
The Rangely 4-H Community Council would like to invite all Rio Blanco County 4-H and FFA Livestock members and their families to their second annual Pre-Fair Feeder Show at the Rangely community pens.
RANGELY I Rio Blanco County, CSU Extension and the Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be offering a free firearm safety course for kids 5 years old and older.
RANGELY I The Rangley Panther 4-H Country met at the annex building April 26 and had their monthly meeting with 17 members attending.

RANGELY I Four Panther Country 4-H Members from Rangely attended the Colorado Cattlewomen public speaking contest at Fruita-Monument High School in Fruita, Colo., April 18.
RANGELY I The Rangely Panther Country 4-H Club met for the second time this year on March 29, 2012, at the Rangely Annex Building with 12 members in attendance.

Rangely 4-H members attended their monthly visit with the Eagle Crest Assisted Living residents March 5.

4-H members (left to right, front to back) Shauna Lapp, Keihlin Myers, Miley Chism, Kobey Chism, Tristan Hall, Kacie Lapp, Trenton Files, RaeLynn Norman, Samantha Lapp, Paityn Myers, Kaylee Mecham, Elena Cummings, Phalon Osborn, Antionette Dorris, Cheyenne Steele, Caitlyn Ducey, Tessa Slagle and Brittany Babineaux all attended the February 4-H Community Council meeting.

Members of the Rangely 4-H Council received help from a few members of CNCC’s Phi Theta Kappa on a recent 4-H community service project at the Radino Center.

Twenty-eight RBC 4-H shooters competed in the annual Rio Blanco County Fair County Shoot-off at the Meeker Sportsman’s Range Saturday last. Rangely formed two new clubs this year: the Rangely Stick Throwers (an archery club) led by James Odom and Brady Shelton and .22’s led by Daniel and Tammi Dorris.

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

RBC I On Saturday, the Meeker baseball team played what was supposed to be the first home games of the season against the Rangley Panthers, but the games were moved to Rangley after the Meeker fields were subject to rain and snow.

MEEKER I Many people in Meeker are fortunate to have homesteaded land passed down through generations. The work it took to turn those homesteads into real homes is difficult to comprehend, but many of those homesteading families have maintained that work ethic and history for generations.

MEEKER I Meeker Police Department, in conjunction with several state health and law enforcement agencies, will join many cities and towns across the nation with its National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 27.

MEEKER I The Rio Blanco Historical Society’s “Pioneer Women of Rio Blanco County” program drew more than 70 persons Sunday to enjoy the telling of tales dating back at least decades in county history.

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

RANGELY I When musician and composer Bruce Odland first came to Rangely in 1976, it was the last stop of the Chautauqua Tour, a traveling arts festival funded by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities.

Meeker High School activities director Brett Steinacher, who is a member of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) wrestling committee, shakes hands with Meeker freshman TJ Shelton before presenting him with his gold medal and championship bracket at the 2013 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. Shelton is the first freshman

A record 306 tickets were sold for the annual Crab Crack, sponsored by the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce last Saturday, filling the Colorado Room in the Weiss Center on the CNCC campus. Awards were announced by emcee Tim Webber and presented by RACC executive director Brooke Loshe.

MEEKER I The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) in cooperation with the ERBM Recreation and Park District will present a dinner theatre production based on Aesop’s Fables on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Fairfield Center.

MEEKER I Larry Modlin, a Meeker High School alumnus and son of Nettie Faye and the late Lon Modlin, is retiring after 47 years of running his own businesses. At 67 he looks forward to skiing with his twin grandsons who also live in Greeley.

MEEKER I Imagine if people learned at least one thing, if not more, from one conversation every day. That was the case in a conversation with Harold and Patty Anderson.
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