MEEKER I “It was not our best weekend of the season,” Meeker’s head volleyball coach Christy Atwood said of losing efforts to Paonia and Vail Mountain.
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
MDA fund raiser …
More than 30 Rangely residents were locked up at Giovanni’s Italian Grill last week in an effort to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Good deeds …
District Attorney Martin Beeson presents Art Cox of the Meeker Cemetery District with a $10,000 restitution check. The check is part of the restitution the Cemetery District will be receiving from Randall Devaney of Larkspur, Colo.
Book signing …
Former Meeker resident Danny Campbell and his long-time friend Mary Hartwig were at Avis’ on the Corner for a book signing of Campbell’s autobiography, titled “A Wet Ass and a Hungry Gut.” The entertaining book is based on Campbell’s nearly 50 years in the White River Valley.
Up and down el Rio Blanco: No new taxes
Meeker High School teacher and former Colorado state representative Kathleen Kelley quoted president Thomas Jefferson before moderating the Meeker Board of Education candidate forum Monday last.
Candidates speak at forum
MEEKER I The Meeker Education Association and the Meeker School District’s accountability committee presented a forum for the five candidates on the Nov. 1 ballot for three available seats on the school board.
Panthers lose to Tigers 6-34
RANGELY I The Rangely High School football team lost 6-34 to the Tigers from Hayden last Friday on their home field and will play in Meeker Friday in the Rio Blanco County championship in Starbuck Stadium.
2012 budget presented
RBC I The 2012 budget for Rio Blanco County was presented to commissioners Monday by budget/finance director Chris Singleton.
RHS Panthers lose to a solid Hotchkiss Bulldog team
RANGELY I The Panther football team lost to the No. 2 ranked Hotchkiss Bulldogs Friday last on Yeager Field and will host the Hayden Tigers this Friday.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Working together
It has been said “the more hands, the easier the work,” and more can be accomplished when people or groups work together. Teamwork has been in evidence a lot lately and not just by our local sports teams. Many volunteers, groups and organizations have worked together and accomplished much.
BMS 8th-graders on winning streak
MEEKER I The Barone Middle School A-team won two more football games last week and will play their final game of the season today in Starbuck Stadium against the Steamboat Springs Sailors. The BMS B-team won one and tied one and will also play its final game at home against[Read More…]
V’ball team splits games
MEEKER I Rangely and Vail Christian played Meeker in last Saturday’s homecoming triangular and split the matches, defeating Rangely but losing to Vail Christian.
