MEEKER I The colors are changing, showing the beautiful transition of seasons, and this means it is time for the Mountain Valley Bank Fall Festival in Meeker. The ninth annual event will take place Saturday, Sept. 29 on Main Street in front of Mountain Valley Bank, in the old elementary[Read More…]
Month: September 2012
The brushstrokes of a lifetime
RANGELY I Some of the murals are gone. One fell victim to a careless semi truck driver, another to a building’s closure. A third was destroyed, only to be re-painted. All of them, says painter Dawna Wardell, are part of the natural ebb and flow of change.
HOME OF: Lee and Karen Stanley
RANGELY | Longtime Rangely residents Lee and Karen Stanley are this week’s “home of” honorees.
Correction
MEEKER I Dennis Gellings from British Columbia won the 2008 Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials, not Dennis Edwards, who was incorrectly given credit in the Sept. 13, 2012, issue of the Rio Blanco Herald Times.
Fire near Buford/New Castle Rd.
RBC I The Middle Elk Fire had increased from 100 acres to 212 as of Sept. 24. It is burning in rough terrain in thick mixed conifer and aspen on the west side of the Buford/New Castle Road near Hiner Spring on the Flat Tops.
Voting information for the November elections
RBC I The last day to register to vote in this year’s general election Nov. 6 is coming up soon. You must register by Monday, Oct. 9. You may register at the County Clerk’s office in Meeker or in Rangely at the Western Annex, or online at www.govotecolorado.com.
News Briefs: Sept. 27, 2012
Mobile pantry will be in Meeker today
Rock Crawling Competition free to all participants
RANGELY I Now in its sixth year, the Rangely Rock Crawling Park competition and trail ride stands apart from other events like it. The difference is the amount of cash it costs to participate, which adds up to exactly nothing.
Classifieds: Sept. 27, 2012
Ads for 09/27/12
RHS Homecoming parade marshals
Kurt and Vicki Douglas were the Grand Marshals for the 2012 Homecoming parade and Angie Fortunato and Clay Allred served as crown bearers for the annual event.
90th birthday …
Lee Watson pictured with his youngest daughter on his lap, next to his wife Eva Dean holding one of their great granddaughters, celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by all all children and most of their grand and great grandchildren last weekend. The Watsons will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary Oct.[Read More…]
Appreciation …
Rio Blanco Herald Times editor Bobby Gutierrez was humbled when presented with a citation from Tom Kilduff, past commander of VFW Post 5843, “in recognition of and sincere appreciation for the consistent wholehearted efforts through which this newspaper has promoted the Citizenship Education of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.” The[Read More…]