MEEKER I Playing a team a second time can be a challenge. Playing a team for the second time in less than a week can be even tougher. Meeker’s volleyball team managed to do it, though, beating Aspen at home last Thursday (26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21) after having defeated Aspen[Read More…]
Author: Jeff Burkhead
Volunteers make Meeker’s sheepdog trials a Classic
Meeker’s sheepdog trials ended Sunday, but the work didn’t. “Breakdown is almost as busy as the days of the trial,” said director Ellen Nieslanik, who took a few minutes to chat Tuesday, in between hauling grandstands.
County’s junior high FB teams play it close
RANGELY I In Saturday’s football games between the county’s two junior high schools, Meeker came out on top both times. But the home-team Rangely Panthers didn’t go down without putting up a fight, especially in the eighth-grade game. In the opener, Meeker’s B team (seventh-graders) won 24-0, while in the[Read More…]
Rangely falls behind early; plays better in 2nd half
In the season opener two weeks ago, Rangely “won” the first half. Then, last week, in the second game of the season, the Panthers almost “won” the second half.
Meeker native awarded Denver business honor
MEEKER I She used to be known as Melisa Oldland. Now she’s known as Melisa Liberman. But she’s still using the same lessons today that she learned growing up on her family’s Rio Blanco County ranch.
Slide Show: Annual Classic draws crowds
MEEKER | The Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials concluded, and was another successful year.
Driver shoots himself following highway stop
MEEKER I Wanted for domestic violence and assault from an incident a few days earlier, the driver of a vehicle shot and killed himself Sept. 9, after being stopped by a Colorado State Highway Patrol trooper.
Residents don’t like the idea of justice center
MEEKER I No decision has been made about the future use of the Meeker Elementary School, but some residents who live near the 70-year-old stone building are adamant about what they don’t want it to become. A jail.
Girl power! Lepro steps it up for Rangely
RANGELY I She had two opportunities Saturday, and she most the most of both of them. Holly Lepro, a freshman for Rangely High School’s football team, kicked two extra points in the game against Grand Junction’s Central High School junior varsity.
Groups encounter delays on road to new road
MEEKER I There will be a road leading to the new elementary school. That much is certain. Consider it the Road to Somewhere.
Rangely Junior High loses to Vernal, Utah
RANGELY I Rangely Junior High’s football team lost to a combined team from Vernal, Utah, last week, 22-8, in its first game of the season. “We had our chances to score,” Rangely junior high coach Tim Webber said.
Christmas Eve marks the end of an era for The Bakery
For nearly 30 years, Dave and Enid Steffen have been going to work when most people were sleeping. But after Dec. 24, they can finally sleep in. Not that they will. Old habits are hard to break.
