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Members of the Meeker Cake ‘n’ Bakers 4-H club formed teams to compete in the Ultimate Team Cake Decorating Challenge last week and pictured with their creations are (front) Jacob Pelloni, MaKayla Jones, Tevin Seacrest, Jilly Bumguardner, Kolbi Franklin, Carly Nielsen, Mary Baylie, Savana May and Sierra Gomez, (back) Abby
2011 TEAM ULTIMATE CAKE CONTEST Thursday, July 21 Grand Champion Team: Maegan McGruder, Savana May, Sierra Gomez, Peyton Burke Reserve Champion Team: Mary Baylie, Kinzy Burke, Michaela Jones, Jacob Pelloni 2011 FASHION REVUE Thursday, July 21 Junior Models Reserve Champion: Gracie Bradfield Champion:Kolbi Franklin Intermediate Models Reserve Champion:Caitlyn Shepherd Champion:Kristen Cox Participants: Unit 1 Junior 1. Elli
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.
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Fair contests kicked off last week with great attendance and talent from our 4-H’ers!
Market Swine: Overall Grand Champion-Brittany Babineaux
Fair books for the 2011 Rio Blanco County Fair are out and fair board members Forrest Nelson, Danny Lapp, Adair Norman, Ed Coryell and Cindy Garner, (Mary Washburn) and Karen Arnold dedicated it to Mary Washburn and presented her with the first copy, which includes a tribute to her inside.
2010 4-H CHAMPION — HOME EC & GENERAL All champions projects go on to compete at the Colorado State Fair later this month in Pueblo. Scrapbooking Junior Champion — Kinzy Burke Scrapbooking Junior Reserve Champion — Julia Eskelson Scrapbooking Intermediate Champion — Halle Ahrens Scrapbooking Intermediate Reserve Champion — Aly Ridings
4-H DOG SHOW DOG OBEDIENCE SUPERINTENDENTS: ARLENE ESTES & ANN FRANKLIN CHAMPION HI-POINT OBEDIENCE & SHOWMAN: KYLER BLAND (Donated by Rio Blanco County Abstract Company) RESERVE CHAMPION HI-POINT OBEDIENCE & SHOWMAN: CYDNEE ZALESKI (Donated by Meeker Hotel & Café)
4-H Cake Decorating team challenge: Held Thursday, July 22 at Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds: • Grand Champion team — Meagan McGruder, Kilee Rudkin, Charlie Day, Kolbi Franklin • Reserve Champion team — Meghan Smith, Caroline Copeland, Allie Willey, Sam Baylie, Cydnee Zaleski • People’s Choice — Avery Watt, Julia Keeler,
COUNTY FAIR BOOTHS Want to share your business, programs, or non-profit information with the public? Have a booth at Rio Blanco County Fair. What better way to get exposure then to be on display at fair. All booths are six-feet-wide, four-feet-deep and eight-feet-high. They are to be of an educational nature. Each organization may have [...]
With flowers blooming, garden vegetables being planted, and kids working with their 4-H projects, we know (or hope) that summertime is just around the corner. The Rio Blanco County Fair Board works hard every year to plan a wonderful community event, the Rio Blanco County Fair.
Results from the horse show include:
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.