Author: Bobby Gutierrez

6 brains are better …

Gracie Bradfield, Kenzie Turner, Lila Klinglesmith, Kale Burke, Charlie Day and Pake Burke, members of the Destination/Imagination team Six Brains are Better than One, performed the skit that qualified the team for the International Global Finals in Knoxville, Tenn., later this month.

For the birds …

For the past six years, Mary Cunningham, who works at the U.S. Forest Service office in Meeker, has celebrated International Migrating Bird month by taking Meeker Elementary School students on field trips to watch and spot birds in the area.

LeBlanc receives team award

Head coach Mark Branch and the Cowboy coaching staff announced the Wyoming wrestling squad’s team awards during the program’s annual year-end gathering last Saturday in Laramie.

Near record snowfall

The White River is not flooding yet but the near-record snowfalls this season could result in major spring run-off. Rio Blanco County emergency manager John Hutchins said the town and county have prepared a plan of action and all departments are ready for a possible high water event.

Everyone marimba!

Fourth- and fifth-graders from Meeker Elementary School have spent a couple hours a week with music teacher Anna Todd and learned to plan the marimbas.

Boesch breaks five-minute mile

Meeker High School freshman Jake Boesch broke the five-minute-mile time barrier last Saturday during a cold and rainy day in Rifle. Several other members of the Meeker track team set personal records (PR). The Meeker boys’ team finished second behind the host team and the girls placed sixth.

Harmon honored for child support enforcement work

John Bernhart, director of the Colorado Division of Child Support Enforcement, drove to Meeker from his Denver office to present Andrea Harmon with a certificate of excellence award at the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting held Monday in Meeker.