The annual Easter Egg hunts in Meeker and Rangely are not just for kids, as grown-ups Joy Allen and Shannon Sheridan enjoyed a visit and photo with the Easter Bunny.
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MHS Cowboys competitive
MEEKER I On Saturday April 7, the Meeker High School track and field team returned to competition for the first time after spring break. While some teammates showed a little rust, others were able start where they left off. Once again, the scoring of Toby Casias led the boys’ team.
Former student to compete in pageant
MEEKER I Former Meeker resident Jessa Mehlhoff was selected as Miss Metropolitan 2012 at the first local preliminary competition held in November for the Miss Colorado pageant.
MVB robber suspect makes court appearance
Jock Waylon Thacker appeared in Rio Blanco County Court April 13 after being arrested yesterday, charged with Robbery and Theft (both Class IV felonies) of Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker. A request by deputy public defender Sara Steele for Thacker to be released on a personal recognizance bond was denied[Read More…]
Obituary: Joan Brumback
Joan “Ike” Welch was born on June 23, 1930, in Meeker, Colo., to Milton and Helen (Cotten) Welch. Joan spent her childhood in Meeker and graduated from Rio Blanco High School in 1948.
Banish boredom with books
MEEKER I It is springtime and everyone is looking forward to the end of school. But once school has been out for a few weeks the students have done everything they’ve been wanting to do all school year and start crying “I’m bored!”
She came to town in a covered wagon
MEEKER I Last week’s article about the significance of the Old Timers Celebration led to a woman who has attended the event since she was in her early twenties. She was allowed to go with her spouse, a 30-year resident. She has rarely missed the event since then and she[Read More…]
Obituary: Vern Bowman
Vernon “Vern” Lee Bowman was born March 30, 1941, in Sterling, Colo., to Esther and Joe Bowman. He passed away peacefully in his sleep next to his wife of almost 48 years on April 4, 2012.
Bank robbery suspect in custody in RBC jail
A suspect is now in custody at the Rio Blanco County Jail, charged with robbing Mountain Valley Bank this morning at Fourth and Main Streets in Meeker, according to the Meeker Police Department, A Mountain Valley Bank employee reported the robbery at 9 a.m. A reverse 911 was issued to[Read More…]
Fire destroys Parr homestead, damages farm equipment
MEEKER I With the current dry conditions, a controlled burn can get out of control quickly, which is what happened Easter afternoon on Little Beaver.
LeBlanc qualifies for Olympic trials
Wrestling for the Cowboy Wrestling Club, Joe LeBlanc, a Meeker High School graduate and four-time All-American for the University of Wyoming, qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, April 21-22.
Corrections
RBC I In last week’s issue of the Herald Times, we incorrectly reported that Leif Joy is Neil Joy’s “only sibling.” The Joy brothers also have a sister, Amy Chinn.
