October, 2009 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Coach: We weren’t real ready to play

RANGELY I This season, when his players take the field for a game, Tim Galloway never knows which team will show up. Friday night it was the team that showed up against Hotchkiss and Aspen. Both blowout losses. It certainly wasn’t the team that showed signs of the old Panther[Read More…]

October 25, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Letter: Thanks for making pumpkin patch go

Homemaker Furnishings would like to thank Dick Welle and WREA, Cindy Welle and Meeker Realty, Meeker Chamber of Commerce, and Bobby at Cuppa Joe

October 24, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CNCC flight team third at nationals

RANGELY I Colorado Northwestern Community College’s flight team proved it can fly with the big boys. And girls.

October 24, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Meeker Classic was ‘a fantastic event’

I was able to attend the Meeker Classic for the first time this past September. All I can say is “wow!” What a fantastic event with fantastic people! The day of the finals, I turned to my dad, as we watched a dog run and said to him, “I just[Read More…]

October 24, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Request for info about traveling gypsies

This is a historical request for information about three wagons of traveling gypsies that came through the town of Meeker around 1946. My mother, Dorothy Kracht Archer, told me that she was about 13-14 years old when they came through town.

October 24, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Brennan receives award

MEEKER I Mike Brennan of Meeker was the recipient of the Howard Munsell Award, presented by the Colorado Saddle Makers Association.

October 23, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter: Wilderness Act would cut off access to land

Diana DeGette, representing the First District of Colorado, is once again proposing a large swath of land or 890,000 acres be set aside as part of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009. You may recall that U.S. Rep. DeGette proposed the same 1.65 million acres in 2007 that the Hidden[Read More…]

October 23, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Nitrates in water bring bottled water advisories

MEEKER I Residents of the Love subdivision, west of Meeker, are advised to use bottled water for drinking and cooking until a nitrate problem is resolved. High levels of nitrates in the water were recently discovered, leading to the recommendation residents use bottled water for drinking and cooking.

October 23, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Family connections among county volleyball teams

Jimmie Mergleman, Rangely’s volleyball head coach, will be on the sideline Friday for the Lady Panthers’ regular-season finale against West Grand. Two weeks ago, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy — Cutler Owen.

October 23, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

MHS cross country runs well in Rifle, on to state-qualifying regional meet in Aspen

MEEKER I Runners on the Meeker cross country team competed in Rifle last Thursday in their final competition before the state-qualifying regional meet Saturday in Aspen. “It was another great day of running,” head coach Kris Casey said of the meet. “They changed up their course a bit from last[Read More…]

October 23, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

County receives first allotment of H1N1 vaccine

RBC I Rio Blanco County received its full allotment of the H1N1 vaccine with its first shipment. However, the second shipment was expected to be about three-quarters of the county’s allotment.

October 23, 2009 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Home of: Eric Popham

RANGELY | Eric Popham of Rangely is this week’s “home of” honoree. Eric turns 31 years old today. He is a 10-year Rangely resident. Eric and his bride Vanessa are newlyweds. They celebrated their first anniversary this year.

October 22, 2009 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled