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Letter: Theos is now a life woolgrower member

At the recently held convention of the Colorado Woolgrowers Association in Montrose, Nick Theos was accorded the honor of a lifetime membership for his service to the livestock industry, and particularly the sheep industry. Mike Harper, president, CWGA, made the announcement at the closing luncheon at the convention.

Here’s the plan

Public meeting is step toward implementing county’s master plan RBC I More than a year’s worth of work has gone into updating, rewriting, tweaking and finalizing the county’s master plan. But it won’t become real — at least in practice — until it’s implemented.

Rio Blanco County Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 20 years ago • Faced with a variety of public relations problems, LynMar Tool Company officials asked the Meeker community this week to grant them some more time so that they can prove themselves.

Touring France while watching the Tour de France

Jeff Madison rides his bike to work every day. But for his summer vacation, he rode in an RV, while he watched other people ride their bikes. But these weren’t your typical bicycle riders. They were the best riders in the world.

Subsidies available

RBC I The Colorado Workforce announced July 28 the availability of wage subsidy funding for regional businesses to hire new employees. The program is made available through the region’s allocation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act workforce development funding.

2010 Rio Blanco County Fair Results:

2010 4-H CHAMPION — HOME EC & GENERAL All champions projects go on to compete at the Colorado State Fair later this month in Pueblo. Scrapbooking Junior Champion — Kinzy Burke Scrapbooking Junior Reserve Champion — Julia Eskelson Scrapbooking Intermediate Champion — Halle Ahrens Scrapbooking Intermediate Reserve Champion — Aly[Read More…]

Chambers name members of the week

RBC I This week’s Meeker Chamber Member of the Week is Sam Stranathan. To read the story, go to www.meekerchamber.com. This week’s Rangely Chamber Member of the Week is Kum & Go. For more information, go to www.rangelychamber.com.

Meeker firm demos wastewater system

OTIS, Kan. I This small Rush County community has been chosen for a display of new technology that is intended to make it possible for even the smallest of communities to better control wastewater. And the same technology can benefit farmers and local industry, according to one of the organizers[Read More…]

Classifieds: August 19, 2010 edition

ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts all major credit cards. You can fax your classified ad or subscription to (970)878-4016 or e-mail to: [email protected] Park, Meeker.

Master plan meeting tonight

RBC I There’s still more work to do on the county’s master plan. Actually, it’s more fine tuning at this stage. A public meeting will be held at 6 tonight at the county administration building to review a draft version of the master plan, which serves as a blueprint for[Read More…]