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Meeker thespians take on Big Apple, experience Broadway, other lessons
MEEKER I The population of New York City is equal to about 3,400 Meeker-size towns, but that didn’t deter a group of actors and directors from taking the city by storm in July. Directors Gary and Laurie Zellers and Shana Holliday and youth actors Annelise Amack, Savana May, Ruby Holliday,[Read More…]
Classifieds: August 11, 2016
Ads for 08/11/16 ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations online at: www.parks.state.co.us RIO BLANCO Masonic Lodge #80 meets 2nd and 4th Thursday, 7:00 p.m., at 7th and Park, Meeker. AA & Al-Anon Meetings – Rangely Alcoholics Anonymous – Open meetings Tues &[Read More…]
Free sports physicals at PMC on Aug. 11
MEEKER I Free sports physicals will be offered by Pioneers Medical Center on Thursday, Aug. 11 from 5-7 p.m. at Pioneers Medical Center Clinic. All Barone Middle School and Meeker High School athletes must have a physical to participate in any sport. Students and their parents can obtain the paperwork[Read More…]
Casting call set Aug. 23 for ‘Shrek, the Musical’
MEEKER I A casting call has been set by the Meeker Arts and Cultural Council for kids in third through eighth grade to play roles in “Shrek, The Musical,” to be performed in Meeker in November.
Slide show of MHS students in Belize, Aug. 11
MEEKER I In June, 10 Meeker High School students traveled to Belize with Ecology Project International (EPI), staying four days at a research station in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Reserve and another four days at the Calabash Caye marine science field station operated by the University of[Read More…]
BLM nixes 25 gas leases in White River National Forest
RBC I On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management canceled 25 natural gas leases in the White River National Forest after the U.S Geological Survey noted that the Piceance Basin is among the largest natural gas reserves in the country.
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Free football clinic set Tuesday
MEEKER I Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation & Park District will host the Meeker High School Football Clinic on Tuesday at the Barone Middle School practice field.
Make sure students have current vaccinations
RBC I As your children get ready to head back to school, make sure they have the protection they need. Colorado students are required to have a number of vaccines for school attendance. Children, from preschoolers to middle schoolers to college students, need vaccines.
Sen. Gardner hears ag concerns on trip to Meeker on Tuesday
MEEKER I Colorado’s junior U.S. senator, Cory Gardner (R-Yuma), visited Meeker on Tuesday to attend a breakfast session at Mountain Valley Bank hosted by the Rio Blanco County (RBC) Farm Bureau as the Colorado Farm Bureau is hosting the senator’s agricultural tour of the state. RBC Farm Bureau members JD[Read More…]
