MEEKER I Four-time All-American Joe LeBlanc held a wrestling clinic in Meeker on his birthday Thursday before Meeker High School wrestlers participated in the Paonia team camp last weekend.
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Baseball…
Kacey Denny (23), prepares to lay down a bunt in a game against Steamboat Springs last Saturday in Rangely and Lucas Heinle (15) swings at another pitch in a summer league game, which Rangely won. Rangely baseball coach Paul Fortunato, who is also the head high school football coach said[Read More…]
Hwy. 13 contruction…
Road construction on Highway 13 is ahead of schedule according to Colorado State Highway engineer and Meeker High School alumnus Eric Peterson. Peterson said the improvement is about a month ahead of schedule.
Working byway …
The Flattops Scenic Byway is known as a “working byway” because ranchers like the Rogers family use the route in their ranching operations, like trailing cows to their high country summer range.
Wheelin’
Lena Drummond smiles as her 4X4 crawls up a rock, one tire in the air. Drummond and her husband Mark, who traveled from Gunnison, were two of several rock crawlers to play in Colorado’s only designated rock crawl park near Rangely last Saturday.
RBC imposes fire ban
RBC I The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution to imposed a ban on open fires in the unincorporated areas of Rio Blanco County Monday last.
Baseball!
Meeker has two 8-10 year old baseball teams and they are evenly matched, as two extra innings were needed to determine a winner in a game between the two last week before they joined for a group photo.
Alumni games …
Faculty and staff of Meeker High School beat this year’s graduated seniors 63-55 in the annual Faculty versus Seniors game benefiting the Meeker High School basketball programs. The Even Years team beat the Odd Years 68-54 in the annual alumni game played Memorial Day weekend.
Kenney Reservoir Fishing Derby
More than 30 people attended the Kenney Reservoir Fishing Derby last Saturday and the fish were biting.
Up and Down El Rio Blanco: Christmas in July
Thanks goes to Mary Ann Wilber and Connie Theos, who served as co-presidents for the 2012 Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association’s Old Timers Reunion Dinner and Dance centennial celebration last Saturday.
Teresa Ridgeway…
bobby gutierrez Randy Ridgeway’s wife Teresa was incorrectly identified in last week’s issue of the Rio Blanco Herald Times.
Meeker, Rangely, RBC are OHV-friendly
MEEKER I “Whereas, a committee formed in Rio Blanco County to promote economic development and increase tourism by providing for the operation of off-highway vehicles in Rio Blanco County and Northwest Colorado, made a presentation to the Town Board of Trustees (Town Board) proposing the Town consider the adoption of[Read More…]
