MEEKER I The holiday vacation provides great opportunity to spend time with kids sledding, skiing and taking advantage of the great area where we live. Dan and Eve Seeley remember vividly trips to the ski area with a station wagon full of kids. They are another example of family’s finding[Read More…]
Year: 2013
NOVEMBER 2012 WARRANTY DEEDS
Seller: Double D Investment LLC Buyer: Jeffrey D & Kristen E Eskelson
MACC meeting
MEEKER | MACC to meet on Jan. 7 at old elementary school gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Food co-op comes to county
RBC I When it comes to purchasing fresh produce for around one-third the grocery store cost, count Rangely and Meeker residents in. That’s what the Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op brings to Rio Blanco County participants every other Saturday.
Broadband applications can benefit various people groups
RBC I Broadband system design requires “fail-safe” redundant engineering loop design. Broadband delivered by buried or pole mounted fiber optic cable (as with any other delivery system for electrical or electronic media) is susceptible to physical and environmental damage and destruction. A buried fiber optic cable can be accidentally dug[Read More…]
Funeral Notice: Buck Benner
Funeral services for George E. “Buck” Benner will be held at the Methodist Church in Meeker, Saturday, Jan. 5, at 11 a.m. Benner was born May 13, 1939 and passed away Dec. 31, 2012.
Nominations for chamber awards due Jan. 7
MEEKER | It is time to recognize Meeker’s outstanding businesses and citizens! Complete a nomination form today for the business you think is most deserving of the title of small business, large business, non-profit organization, energy industry partner or outstanding citizen of the year.
Grazing protests…
A Dec. 20, 2012 notice from Kent Walter, field manager of the Bureau of Land Management White River Field Office, sent to all BLM grazing permittees (more than 85), drew a large crowd to the Rio Blanco County exhibition hall on New Year’s Day.
Proclamation prompts commissioners to protest
RBC I A controversial proclamation made by the City and County of Denver regarding the potential connection between protecting the supply of water pulled from the Colorado River Basin for the Front Range and the future of oil shale research, development and production sparked a speedy response from Rio Blanco[Read More…]
Obituary: Rod Smuts
Rod was born Aug. 2, 1953, in El Paso, Texas, to Robert and Phyllis Smuts. He was their third of four sons: Robert Jr., Lloyd (Skip) and Larry. Rod moved to Rangely in 1962, and was graduated from Rangely High School in 1971. He later married Lenora Caldwell in October[Read More…]
Celebration for outgoing commissioners
MEEKER | A thank you celebration for county commissioners Ken Parsons and Kai Turner for their years of service to Rio Blanco County, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at the County Administration Building, 200 Main, Meeker.
Snow Day…
Jacob Pelloni and several other Meeker kids have been enjoying Christmas break on, or in Pelloni’s case, above, the sledding hill at Paintbrush Park.