RANGELY I For a fifth year in a row, the Rangely Hurricanes swim team won the small team division at the Scottie Aschermann Memorial Seasonal Club Championship meet last weekend in Gunnison.
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RBC Fair 2012
The Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds in Meeker was the place to be last week for the 2012 Rio Blanco County Fair.
Obituary: Pauline Ruth McPhail
Pauline was born May 5, 1926, in Bartlesville, Okla. Her parents were Tom and Mable Skinner.
College For Kids a flying success
RANGELY I Colorado Northwestern’s College For Kids program wrapped up this week as six courses during three weeks taught 25 children what makes airplanes fly, who lives in desert environments and how to find buried treasure.
Co-ed softball
The regular season for the co-ed softball league sponsored by the ERBM Recreation and Park District is now over and the tournament will start Aug. 13, with the championship game scheduled to be played Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Paintbrush Park.
Haymaker hole-in-one …
Trey Morris (second from left) recorded his first hole-in-one at the Haymaker Golf Course in Steamboat Springs July 22. Witnesses were (from left to right) Jason, Cole and Roston Steiner. Morris shot a 71 on the par-72 course. He will be leaving for the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs[Read More…]
Meeker Marlins swim their way to a great season
MEEKER I The Meeker Marlins Swim team, sponsored by the ERBM Recreation and Park District, concluded their summer swim meet schedule with the High Country League Championship meet in Eagle, Colo., this past Friday.
A good fair…
It was the first year for Kelton Turner to show swine and he told his mom, Dr. Kellie Turner, “I’ve had a good fair this year,” after winning the junior showmanship and having the grand champion swine.
Obituary: Julia F. Ellsworth
Julia, 92, a resident of Meeker Walbridge Wing, was born July 26, 1920 at Rocky Ford, Colo., to John Martin and Fannie (Cole) Little.
Student awarded scholarship
RANGELY I In May, Bernie Gantt, Dan Dewitt and Kevin Amack represented Rio Blanco Masonic Lodge #80 while presenting a certificate worth $28,000 to Hannah Turner, Rangely High School’s 2012 class valedictorian.
RBC caves remain closed
RBC I Regional Forester Daniel Jirón signed an extension to an emergency order today to restrict access to all caves and abandoned mines on National Forests and Grasslands in the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service (Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas). The intent of the closure[Read More…]
People’s choice…
Lukas Coryell won the boys’ division of the Rio Blanco County Sheep Lead and also won the People’s Choice award.
