February, 2011 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

BLM wild horse public hearing March 1

MEEKER | The Bureau of Land Management’s White River Field Office, 220 E. Market in Meeker will have a public hearing March 1 at 5:30 p.m. to address the use of motorized vehicles and helicopters to gather wild horses from the North Piceance Herd Area, Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area[Read More…]

February 23, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

A good day to ride

MEEKER I Sunday I was lucky enough to be invited to go on the White River Snowmobile Club’s ride. The scenery and welcoming manner of the club made the day nearly perfect.

February 23, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Class of 1940…

Glen Murray, president of Meeker High School’s graduating class of 1940, would like to correspond with any living classmates. Murray’s address is 1025 Deer Crossing Way, Lexington, KY 40509. Meeker’s graduating class of 1940 included: (Top row) Barbara Johnson, Edgar McSweeney, John A. Atkinson, superintendent. C. E. Erickson, sponsor, Thomas[Read More…]

February 22, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • The “84” yellow cabins on Yellow Creek caught fire about 10 a.m. Monday and burned to the ground in less than two minutes. • Tim Breene arrived on Piceance Wednesday from Leadville. He will make Piceance his permanent home.

February 22, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

RHS students do well at extravaganza

RANGELY I Two Rangely students came out on top at the Mesa State Math  Extravaganza on Thursday, Feb. 10. Andrew Morton and William Scoggins tied for  first place along with a few others in the individual math contest taken by 150  students from across the Western Slope. McKale Pennel of Rangely[Read More…]

February 22, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Five compete in tourney

MEEKER I Five Meeker wrestlers traveled to St. George, Utah, to compete in the Jacobs Challenge National tournament and all five placed, including one champion. Barone Middle School seventh-grader TJ Shelton has amassed a 47-10 record since last fall and added another national title to his resume, pinning all three[Read More…]

February 22, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Cowboys fall to Eagles, beat Rams

MEEKER I Usually when you beat a good team in any sport it gets tougher to beat them again the second time you play. The Meeker Cowboy boys’ basketball team found this to be true as they traveled to Paonia for a rematch with the Paonia Eagles.

February 21, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RMS finishes second, fourth

RANGELY I Traveling to Meeker for their tournament, the Rangely seventh-grade girls met up with Steamboat for their first game. The young Lady Panthers took an early lead and held it easily to win the game 17-9. Scrappy defense and some great teamwork kept this team gaining the whole game.[Read More…]

February 21, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

VFW Post 5843 now meets at Kilowatt Korner

MEEKER I Have you noticed that the home of our local VFW Post 5843 is no longer co-located with AC’s Bar? Our records, plaques and signs have all been removed. For quite some time now, your local VFW has been meeting at Kilowatt Korner on the second Monday of each[Read More…]

February 21, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RHS Panthers win two of three

Host Cowboys, Eagles this weekend RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers boys’ basketball team won two of three games last week and will host the Meeker Cowboys and the Paonia Eagles this weekend in the final two games of the regular season.

February 21, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Two qualify for state

MEEKER I Freshman J.C. Henderson and sophomore JR Crawford will be the only Cowboys to wrestle in the 2011 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, which start today in the Pepsi Center in Denver. Eight Cowboys competed in the regional tourney and although six placed in the top six, only two finished[Read More…]

February 21, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Kenney hopes v’ball furthers education

RANGELY I Local teen Dakota Kenney has been playing volleyball since the third grade. Now a senior at Rangely High School, Dakota has been recruited to play with the Split Mountain Volley Ball (SMVB) Club in Vernal, Utah, along with classmate Torie Slagle. SMVB is sanctioned by the USA Youth[Read More…]

February 21, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled