The Rangely Panther high school football team is excited to take the field this fall and looking forward to the upcoming season. After finishing last year’s season ranked 17th, the Panthers missed the playoffs by just one spot. With that bitter taste still in their mouths, seniors Corbin Lucero, Kasen[Read More…]
Author: Special to the Herald Times
Rangely cheer underway
RANGELY | Rangely High School Cheerleading is underway with new Head Coach, Katie Toyne. Six athletes came out this season: Freshman Jasmine Preciado, Sophomores Lilly Noel and Kansas Cords, Junior Annabelle Brannan and Seniors Mackenzie Manchester and Jasmine Talbot. They have been working hard learning new cheers and improving skills.[Read More…]
Newcomers at Old Timers
Tracy and I were invited to the Pioneers Dinner and Dance. Since we are newcomers to Meeker, we didn’t really feel qualified to attend. Thanks, Johnnie, we really enjoyed ourselves. Thanks to the officers, helpers and Jan, it was well attended. The food was great and servers always ready to[Read More…]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: August 25, 2022
Meaningful engagement Dear Editor: I owe a lot of my neighbors, friends and family so many deeply sincere “thank yous” for the hours they spent face-to-face educating me on water, on history, on family connections, on science, on drought, on range–even though I only used 1% at most of what[Read More…]
Dairy Grand Champ …
Amy Jo Rosendahl with her grand champion dairy cow. KIM EKSTROM PHOTO
RIO HAPPENINGS: AUGUST 15 through 21, 2022
ARRESTS 36 yr old male PR Bond granted 8-15-22 by Magistrate Shamis 60 yr old male arrested 8-16-22 by MPD on 2 Mesa county warrants transported by RBSO to Mesa CO Jail 39 yr old male arrested on DUI and weapons charges 8-18-22 PR bond by Magistrate Shamis 19 yr old[Read More…]
Goedert receives Classic scholarship
MEEKER | Each year the “Meeker Classic Memorial Scholarship” is dedicated in honor and memory of exemplary individuals that have been involved with the Meeker Classic, but have now passed away. The recipient of the 2021 Meeker Classic Scholarship is awarded the scholarship this year–the 2021 scholarship is in honor[Read More…]
Romance versus reality
Range report Sunday, April 11, 2022. Started out in Barcus Creek, road very dry and dusty, several spots were deep mud ruts that had dried. Yellow Creek where it crosses 88 is very low. I saw about 40 horses in the Barcus area. The windmill tank is overflowing making a[Read More…]
News Notes: August 18, 2022
P.E.O. quilt show Sept. 9 and 10 MEEKER | Featuring new quilts from across Northwest Colorado, the P.E.O. Quilts in the Country show will be held from 12-5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Fairfield Center (200 Main St., Meeker).[Read More…]
Here, there and somewhere else
There was a time in Meeker when one could get daily bus service to Grand Junction. My own arrival in the White River Valley taught me not to take any transportation service for granted. The locals might have viewed this two-hour journey as a quick trip, while newcomers found this[Read More…]
ON THE LINKS …
Meeker Cowboys golf took the same five players during the week’s tournaments based off of a shootout from the week before. This week Wil Schwartz leads the team with two scores under 100. The team will be at Devil’s Thumb Thursday in Delta. Schwartz scored a 98 in Aspen and[Read More…]
Cowboys in preseason training
Andy Coryell, new head coach for the Meeker Cowboy football team, said in this first year of coaching he is looking to “help these kids keep improving.” Last year the Cowboys, with quite a few players injured and out, lost for the second time to the Buena Vista Demons by[Read More…]
