Macy Collins — Goats–10th and 11th; sheep–seventh and 10th; meat pen for rabbits–10th and 11th; single meat rabbit reserve champion; junior breeding heifer–fourth in showmanship and champion shorthorn plus heiferTrey Morris — Market swine crossbreds–ninth and 10thTaylor Morris — Reserve champion Hampshire and seventh market swine-crossbredsTaylor Neilson — Taylor’s steer[Read More…]
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Cowboys lose to Bobcats
MEEKER I The Cowboys football team opened the season with a 14-21 defeat to the Ignacio Bobcats, played on a neutral site last Saturday.
Thank you from Giant Step Preschool
Dear Editor:Giant Step Preschool and Child Care Center wishes to thank the Rangely Boy Scout Troop 150 for their many volunteer hours.
Second quarter tax receipts remain below 2010 numbers
RBC I The town of Meeker bore the brunt of a reduction in sales and use tax receipts for the second quarter of 2011, reporting a 32.9 percent reduction from $406,357 in the same period in 2010, to $272,677 in 2011.
Meeker Locals
Meeker’s elementary school is not the only new western slope elementary school that has had to find new places to put students.
Parkview donation …
Parkview Elementary staff would like to thank Tom and MaryAnn Walz from Rocky Mountain Well Service for donating “a whole lot” of school stuff. Teachers were excited about providing items for kids who were unable to purchase needed supplies for success in school. Parkview appreciates the outpouring of community support.
Vision help for people 55 and older
RANGELY | Thanks to a generous American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Independent Living Center is pleased to make available, at no charge, low vision assessments and assistive technology assessments in our Rio Blanco County service area for people aged 55 or more who have significant vision loss.
Panthers drop opener in UT
RANGELY I “We banged it with them,” Paul Fortunato, the Panthers’ new football coach said proudly of his team’s first game last Friday, a 31-6 loss to the Altamont Longhorns in Utah.
Reinhard F. Ficken July 12, 1911 ~ 2011
Reinhard F. Ficken passed away in Grand Junction, Colo., at the age of 100.
New Arrival: Preston Henry Amick
Preston Henry Amick was born in Craig, Colo., on April 21, 2011.
Days Gone By in Rio Blanco County
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago n To the teachers of Rio Blanco County: I ask you to be circumspect, and so act in the wild, unsettled country, that there will be no gossip about you. I do not think that girls should go to public dances without chaperonage,[Read More…]
Six arrested in Rangely
RANGELY I “This is not easy to do and it takes a lot of time,” Rangely Chief of Police Vincent Wilczek said of the recent arrests involving the illegal distribution of drugs within the town. “There is a sense of pride for our police department for taking the stance and[Read More…]
