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Rangely Hurricanes Swim-A-Thon Results

Swimmer Lengths Yards Time Geli Brown 200 5,000 1:25:13 Elena Cummings 174 4,350 2:00:00 Payton Hairston 49 1,225 2:00:00 Esther Lee 196 4,900 2:00:00 Mary Scoggins 27 675 2:00:00 Timothy Scoggins 21 525 2:00:00 Travis Coates 32 800 2:00:00 Korrynn Wenzel 94 2,350 2:00:00 Chris Ramirez 116 2,900 2:00:00 Ethan[Read More…]

New Arrival

Hoyt Tobias Garcia Hoyt Tobias Garcia, son of Toby and Sonya Garcia, was born on May 12 at 11:53 a.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. He was 9 pounds, 1.8 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Hoyt was welcomed home by his older brother and sister, Hunter, 11 and[Read More…]

Meeker Tea Party meets at 7 p.m. today

MEEKER I The Meeker Tea Party will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds in the multi-purpose building. Guest speakers Keith Fitzgibbons and Sam Thiessen will give an introduction on the founding fathers and our nation’s founding documents.

Ranch Rodeo adds event to competition

MEEKER I This year, the Range Call Ranch Rodeo is going to be a little different. The event will be a combined ranch rodeo and a local penning/branding. There will be a limit of 15 ranch rodeo teams and 10 local penning/branding teams.

Smarty Pants …

Members of Meeker’s Barone Middle School eighth-grade class went on the traditional end-of-the-school-year trip to Washington, D.C., last week. One of the sites they visited was the Albert Einstein Memorial.

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 75 years ago • William E. Sides and Miss Bernice VanCleave were married June 9, 1935 at the St. James church. • Mr. M.L. Shepherd and son Alvin announce that their new service station will be open for business Friday, June 14.

One of rare Rock Park birds has been found

To the Rock Park Curators, I think we may have located one of your rare birds three blocks due west of their new home under construction at Silver Sage RV Park. This rare bird has found a tree that provides shade to our patio and furniture.