4-H Poultry and Rabbit Club By Grant Sanderson, 4-H Reporter The Meeker 4-H Poultry and Rabbit club, The Cackling Hoppers, met on March 22.
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DI team qualifies for nationals
Eight Meeker teams participated in the Destination Imagination Western Slope Regional Tournament March 26 in Rifle.
Panthers run in Utah
The Rangely High School track and field team traveled to Vernal, Utah for the Uintah Invitational meet and then to Grand Junction for Palisade’s annual Frank Woodburn meet last weekend.
Panthers defeat Cowboys
The Rangely Panther baseball team defeated the Meeker Cowboys last Saturday 12-1 in the first game and 9-8 in the second, on a cold day.
Letter to the Editor: Thanks from Aero Club for support
Dear Editor: Just a note to say how thankful we are for the measures that all of you went to in order to help out with our fund raising efforts this past Sunday, April 10, 2011.
Balloon release …
Five-year-old Kacey Pozorski loved balloons and many were released following her funeral last Friday.
Letter to the Editor: Many thanks for helping hands
Dear Editor: I wish to thank the small community of Rangely for all your blessings and prayers sent out to God for the recovery of Jimmy and Judy Bristol through their bad accident on Feb. 27, 2011.
Toby Casias won the 100- and 200-meter dashes last Saturday in Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction at the annual Frank Woodburn Invitational track meet. Casias’ top placing helped his team finish seventh in a field of 15 teams, featuring mostly 3A, 4A and 5A schools.
Open for the summer season
The ERBM Recreation and Park District has announced that the archery range and Fay Action (skateboarding) Park are now open. Both are open to the public during daylight hours, at no charge, throughout the summer season.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago ~ Eleven inches of snow has fallen since April 1 and 7 feet minus 2 inches since Nov. 6. The lowest estimate is 4,000 dead animals on the range. There will be no dividends for White River cattle companies this year.
Soccer skills …
The Rangely Panther soccer team played the Grand Valley Cardinals last week, with the first game going into overtime and still ending in a 1-1 tie.
Aero Club fundraiser
Former Meeker High School graduate Marcus Kindall, now a student/pilot at Colorado Northwestern Community College, and several of his fellow Aero Club members were in Meeker Sunday for a Meeker Lions Club Bingo fundraiser.
