December, 2012 | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado

Meeker

Meeker’s U.S.Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in Washington

The 2012 Christmas Tree crew, which included Natasha Goedert, Patty Wyatt, Ken Coffin, Lynn Lockwood, Toni Toelle, Kristin Silva, Gerald and Twila Morris, of Meeker, were the last to sign the banner before the tree was unwrapped after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base. Santa and Mrs. Claus take a[Read More…]

December 4, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Dictionary giveaway…

Rangely Elks Club Exalted Ruler Herman “Tink” Wilson and Elks Club treasurer Rene Harden presented close to 40 Spanish-English dictionaries to Parkview Elementary School third-graders recently.

December 3, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Conserving world-class habitat

RBC I For decades, sportsmen in northwest Colorado have hunted some of the world’s largest herds of elk, mule deer and pronghorn in an area known as the “mule deer factory.”

December 3, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Births: Eamon Thomas Ryerson

MEEKER | Eamon Thomas Ryerson was born to Jasmine and Glen Ryerson on Nov. 11, 2012, at 7:27 a.m. in Glenwood Springs, Colo. Grandparents are Cheryl and Neal Ryerson of San Antonio, Texas, and Patrick and Pati Dunning of Fresno, Calif.

December 3, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Hunters in GMU 22 advised of capture operation

MEEKER I As part of an ongoing mule deer study in the Piceance Basin, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be conducting helicopter capture and collaring operations in Game Management Unit 22, beginning in early December.

December 3, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

World War II veteran has luck of the draw

MEEKER I World War II veteran Dale States, 89, has been hunting all his life but this was the first time he drew tags for antelope, deer and elk all in the same year. States had already filled his antelope and deer tags but needed a place to hunt to[Read More…]

December 3, 2012 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Obstruction removal

MEEKER I Town of Meeker Ordinance Number 442 created a clear operation area for all town maintenance equipment along all streets within the Town.

December 2, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

WREA electric rates to increase

MEEKER I Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association of Denver, Colo., which supplies all of the power for White River Electric Association, Inc. (WREA), will be implementing a rate increase and change the way it bills the 44 member cooperatives effective Jan. 1, 2013.

December 2, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Christmas tree permits on sale at BLM

MEEKER I Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands within designated areas of the White River Field Office are now on sale.

December 2, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Drama returns to RHS with “Crumpled Classics”

RANGELY I The Rangely High School drama club will perform Craig Sodaro’s “Crumpled Classics” this Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

December 2, 2012 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Kindergarten thanks…

Parkview Elementary School’s afternoon kindergarten class spent several days preparing to say “thank you” in the languages of 20 countries across the world. At Monday afternoon’s moral focus assembly, the kindergarteners presented their countries’ colored flags, saying their learned phrase into a microphone. The rest of the school then practiced[Read More…]

December 1, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Special to the Herald Times

RBC I There is little time left before the nation hits the so-called “fiscal cliff.” President Obama and the lame duck Congress have an unprecedented number of issues to address — including some which directly affect every city, town, special district, county, and school district in Colorado — and every[Read More…]

December 1, 2012 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled