By Chris Selle Special to the Herald Times RBC | “We know problems are present… we just don’t know how bad they are.” This was the prevailing thought when the Meeker School District engaged in a facilities master plan process in order to quantify the need for our facilities. Following[Read More…]
Opinion
Letter: Thanks to Linda Farney
Dear Editor: I’d like to publicly thank Rangely Animal Control Officer Linda Farney. As our neighbor, she has for years helped us with any issue we’ve brought to her attention. I had always known she went above and beyond in her job, but the gift to our family of the[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Across the Street: Preparing students for an unforeseen future
By Joyce Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | Road Trip: I attended the Summit on Education Reform in Nashville, Tenn. Jeb Bush opened the conference and repeated a quote from the first conference in 2008: “The country’s school system is an 8-track in an iPod world. The irony[Read More…]
Guest Column: RBC Republican party chair wants people to get involved
By Logan Hill Special to the Herald Times RBC | Since being elected as the Rio Blanco County Republican Committee chairman one of my goals has been to communicate with the community about issues of importance, both locally and on the larger scale. Of course, this information wouldn’t be complete[Read More…]
Letter: Wolf proponents have no skin in the game
Dear Editor: I’m confused about the “clarification” letter from Delia G. Malone, Sierra Club wolf reintroduction cause champion. It really was a sophomoric “zinger” to any rancher or person with an opposite opinion of her utopian view of the world. I’m wondering why she is so vehemently opposed to any[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: There may be monsters, just don’t become one
By niki turner [email protected] I read a great quote this week by 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that seems more applicable now than maybe ever before. Nietzsche wrote, “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss, the[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Dare to Live without Limits: Don’t let false justifications keep you from achieving your dreams
By Bryan Golden Special to the Herald Times RBC | False justifications are erroneous beliefs that are used to support specific behavior. When your actions are based on an incorrect understanding, you will either limit yourself or go down the wrong path. Your mind directs you based on your beliefs.[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Health & Wellness: Qualitative and quantitative data important to quality of life
By Julie Drake Special to the Herald Times RBC | Busy month full of thoughts and meetings, some with an environmental bent and others with a behavioral and physical health emphasis, all with the general purpose of making Rio Blanco County better, whether improvement of the human condition or the[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Under the Dome: The train has left the station
By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | The 2018 legislative session is underway, for the Joint Budget Committee that is. We received the governor’s request on Nov. 1 and we’re busy digging into and questioning as much of the 30 billion dollars of spending as we can.[Read More…]
Guest Column: MHS alumnae wants to give back
By Meg Nieslanik Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | When I graduated from Meeker High School in 2009, I would have lost a lot of money on the bet that I’d ever live in New York City. Yet, in one of life’s many plot twists, I am today nearly[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: When is the label more important than the contents?
When my kids were small, and now with my grandkids, when one child gets in trouble for something at least one of the others is quick to chime in with, “I wasn’t doing that, Mimi!” or “He/she was doing it first.” That kind of behavior is expected from children under[Read More…]
Letter: NFIB says Bush misrepresented its position on tax act
Dear Editor: Your publication recently ran a story titled “Not so fast on tax act, says congressional candidate for 3rd District.” In it, the author misrepresented NFIB’s position on the House and Senate bills.Let the record show that small business owners support theTax Cuts and Jobs Act. The National Federation[Read More…]
