Author: Special to the Herald Times

Bunny hoppin’ …

Parents of Parkview Elementary students “packed the house” when more than 100 family members came to watch the second grade musical Monday, Jan. 23. Not only did they watch, grandpas, grandmas, moms and dads all got up to do the “Bunny Hop” with their kids.

Free screenings, fluoride for kids

RBC I Connections 4 Kids, the early childhood council of Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, will be offering free oral health screenings and fluoride varnish to children during the Children’s Health Fairs in Meeker and Rangely.

Leadership …

Local youth Mason Scritchfield and Cheyenne Steele with youth from Garfield County at the Colorado 4-H Leadership Development Conference in Denver Jan. 28-30.

CLUB 20 winter policy meetings

RBC I Community leaders from across the Western Slope of Colorado will gather in Grand Junction over the next few weeks to participate in CLUB 20’s 2012 winter policy committee meetings.

White suggests economic answers

RBC I The recession has hit rural Colorado worse than other parts of the state. At the end of 2011, the unemployment rate for the Western Slope was significantly higher than the statewide unemployment rate.