MEEKER I If the purpose was to shock, it worked. Graphic images of victims of alcohol- and drug-related accidents and accident victims who didn’t wear seatbelts were shown on a big screen during an assembly last week at Meeker High School. The images had the desired effect on students.
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Chambers name their members of the week
RBC I This week’s Meeker Chamber Member of the Week is Williams Production. To read the story, go to www.meekerchamber.com. This week’s Rangely Chamber Member of the Week is Therapeutic Massage.
Death Notice: Bob Pinkington
Funeral service for Bob Pilkington, brother of Eva Seely, will be Monday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. at Rio Blanco Funeral Home in Meeker.
BOCES aims to provide kids nutritious weekend meals
RANGELY I The Rio Blanco BOCES staff started a “Feeding Our Future” backpack program in September. This program is designed to provide nutritious food on the weekends to students in the Rangely and Meeker school districts who might otherwise go hungry.
Sixth-grader recoving from his injuries
MEEKER I Two days after undergoing surgery Oct. 27, Dade Heck came home. A week earlier, Dade, a sixth-grader, was injured in an accident Oct. 22 during recess at Barone Middle School.
Local voters follow some state trends
RBC I Voters, locally, turned out in big numbers for Tuesday’s general election. Seventy-six percent of voters in Rio Blanco County cast ballots. In some races, the outcome of local voting followed the statewide results. In other races, RBC voters bucked the statewide trends.
Classifieds: November 4, 2010 edition
ANNOUNCEMENTS ATV, Boat and Snowmobile Owners! You can now renew your Colorado OHV registrations on line at: www.parks.state.co.us The Rio Blanco Herald Times accepts all major credit cards. You can fax your classified ad or subscription to (970)878-4016 or e-mail to: [email protected]
FALL BACK!
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7. Remember to set your clocks back one hour. The current schedule, adopted in 2007, calls for DST to extend from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
Meeker Locals
By the time you read this, the elections will be be over for another cycle. Hopefully, the winners of these particularly vitriolic races will take it upon themselves to lay aside partisan politics and get busy doing what they are supposed to be doing: representing their constituents instead of representing[Read More…]
MHS volleyball team ends season in Paonia
MEEKER I The Lady Cowboy volleyball team bounced back from a homecoming loss to win the final match of the regular season last Saturday and finish as the Western Slope League’s No. 5 seed.
Punt, Pass, Kick results released
PPK results: Results of the Meeker Punt, Pass and Kick competition on Sept. 6: 6-7 girls 1st Tatumn Kennedy 6-7 boys 1st Ryan Phelan 2nd Trae Kennedy
Community garden will meet
RANGELY I The Rangely Community Garden meeting for October is Saturday at 9 a.m. at the CNCC banquet room in the Johnson Building. Come to our next meeting and find more information on harvesting seeds and information about our gardens.
