MEEKER I “Come on, try it…I dare you.” This was a quote from an episode of Criminal Minds (Risky Business) about a dangerous game called the “choking game.” The FBI team discovers the quote on a website used to convince teens to play the game. “It’s the ‘good’ kids’ high,”[Read More…]
Stories
Up and down el Rio Blanco
Here we go again — I hope to have even more fun this time and I’m thankful to Mitch Bettis for another chance to be the editor, or as my predecessor wrote, “the caretaker” of the Rio Blanco Herald Times.
Boyd resigns as president of CNCC
Outgoing administrator will take over reins of Mayland Community College in North Carolina RBC I The resignation of Dr. John Boyd, president of Colorado Northwestern Community College, was announced earlier this week by the Colorado Community College System. Dr. Boyd will become the president of Mayland Community College in North[Read More…]
Declining numbers of sheep trailing through county
RBC I Meeker’s sheep men have trailed through town on their way to the Utah desert for the winter, with fewer numbers than in the past. The industry has declined over the years.
Rangely graduate named Kansas principal of year
RANGELY I Tim Hayden, a 1998 Rangely High School graduate, was selected as the 2010-2011 Kansas Middle School Principal of the Year. Hayden is principal at the Valley Center Middle School in Valley Center, Kan., just north of Wichita.
Dancing with the stars…
Members of a Meeker dance team that will perform at the Holiday Bowl Dec. 30 in San Diego in December include from left, Tina Bain, Nicole Hilkey, Caleb Dodds and Katie Morgan.
A sense of touch
What others might see as handicaps, Brian Watson considers advantages in his job as a massage therapist MEEKER I Brian Watson is good at working with his hands. In his line of work, that’s an important skill to have. Watson is a professional massage therapist and master body worker. He[Read More…]
KEEPING BUSY: Ed Coryell
Profession, passions keep Meeker’s Ed Coryell on the go MEEKER I Rancher. Branding inspector. School board member. Fair board president. Youth sports referee. Yes, Ed Coryell likes to keep busy. “I don’t know how he does it,” said his son-in-law and ranching partner Shane Phelan. “I know he has a[Read More…]
4 Days of our Lives…
So far, so good for Rangely’s four-day school experiment RANGELY I The school day is longer, the week is shorter and absences are down. An early report card on the four-day school week would give the district a passing grade.
Proud of service to his country
MEEKER I He served his country overseas and spent most of his professional career on the West Coast, but Meeker was always home. Eighty-five-year-old Vern Amick was born here, left when he was 15, and didn’t return, at least permanently, until almost 70 years later.
Evelyn Metzger, a pioneer’s story
Evelyn Burner Metzger came to Meeker with her mother and two brothers and two sisters in 1919 in a covered wagon. She was 6. Her father had been a young Spanish American War veteran who moved from Nebraska to Wyoming with his bride. He was employed at an Indian Agency[Read More…]
The Rock: A monument to meeker’s founders
The rock on the courthouse lawn was dedicated July 4, 1949. It was called the Official Unveiling of the Monument Honoring the Founders of Meeker. The man on the left in the picture is Mr. Ed P. Wilber, one of the few remaining original pioneers at the time of the[Read More…]
