Rangely, Stories

Bidding farewell: After 34 years, Paula Padilla retires from WRBM Recreation District

RANGELY I The Western Rio Blanco Recreation Center will never be quite the same after this week. Longtime administrative assistant Paula Padilla is retiring after 34 years. Padilla started with the district in 1977, working out of two rooms in the Frontier Electric building while the  current recreation center was under construction. The new recreation center brought new challenges to her job and great changes followed. She says the biggest changes have been in technology. She…