Meeker’s third- and fourth-grade girls’ basketball team may be small in numbers but they are big in heart. For most of the girls this is their first taste of a traveling basketball league and they are rising to the challenge. Halfway through their season they have been able to achieve[Read More…]
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Horizons offers compassion, care for children
RBC I We have so much to be thankful for as this holiday season is upon us. At the top of the list are the children in our communities. An organization that embraces the spirit of giving and deserves much praise is Horizons.
Costa Rica …
Meeker High School students Sydney Hughes and Piper Haney (left), along with Kaysyn Chintala, Aly Ridings, Taylor Morris and Taylor Neilson, participated in the leatherback turtle conservation program last summer in Costa Rica. They shared their experience with a powerpoint presentation last Thursday at the Meeker Public Library.
Snow removal do’s and don’ts
MEEKER I As the snow season approaches, please remove everything from the street, such as trailers parked along the curb or in cul-de-sacs, vehicles that are not used all of the time and basketball hoops.
RHS students build Parkview sign
RANGELY I A patch of dirt adjacent to Parkview Elementary School’s west parking lot is home to a new school sign unveiled Tuesday morning.
Birth: Eamon Thomas Ryerson
MEEKER | Eamon Thomas Ryerson was born to Jasmine and Glen Ryerson on Nov. 11, 2012, at 7:27 a.m. in Glenwood Springs, Colo. Grandparents are Cheryl and Neal Ryerson of San Antonio, Texas, and Patrick and Pati Dunning of Fresno, Calif.
WARM keeps warming
RBC I The WARM program in Rangely is at work again for the next several cold months. Winter assistance resource management (WARM) is a volunteer-run program supported by donations and grants.
Panthers ready to start
RANGELY I The Panther high school wrestling program will start the 2012-2013 season under a new, yet familiar head coach, as Jeff Heinle takes the helm this season.
Panthers look to upperclassmen for experience
RANGELY I “We are finally top-loaded with experienced upperclassmen, which will be a welcome change in regards to leadership and cohesiveness,” Rangely boys’ basketball coach Eric Hejl said. “We will be returning nine varsity players from last year, including seven guys that started at least one varsity game last season.”[Read More…]
Chintala, Thacker play
RBC I Two senior volleyball players from Rio Blanco County, one from Meeker and one from Rangely, represented their teams and the Western Slope League last Sunday in Arvada, playing in the Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports (CCGS) all-state volleyball match.
Rio Blanco County All-Conference Honors
courtesy photos The lady Panthers volleyball team held its annual end of season banquet Monday and several players were honored by the Western Slope League and the team. Seniors Quincey Thacker and Brittany Babineaux were both named to the all-conference first team and Aimee Hogan was honorably mentioned. Thacker was[Read More…]
Tipton encourages participation
RBC I Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) encouraged people to support local businesses on “Small Business Saturday” (Nov. 24). Tipton, who chairs the House Small Business Subcommittee on Energy, Agriculture and Trade, is a cosponsor of a House Resolution (H. Res. 793) expressing support for the designation of a “Small Business[Read More…]
