RANGELY | The Rangely Elks will sponsor a chili cook-off on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6. The first-place winner will be added to the Elks Chili Cook-off Plaque of Fame.
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Lady Panthers beat Vail, W. Grand
RANGELY I Like the Panther boys’ basketball team, the Lady Panthers won two games in Colorado but lost in Wyoming. The Lady Panthers pounced on Vail Christian 47-24 then pounded the West Grand Mustangs 61-32 before losing 20-51 to the Little Snake River Lady Rattlers in Baggs, Wyo., last Saturday.
Spartan Times Wild game dinner Feb. 5
RANGELY | The second annual Spartan Times Wild Game Dinner will be held in the CNCC Colorado Room Feb. 5, starting at 5:30 p.m. and serving until 8 p.m. Enjoy exotic meats: Goose, antelope, deer elk, mountain lion, bear, bighorn sheep and oryx. Donation are being accepted for the silent[Read More…]
Letter: Reader offers different point of view
Dear Editor: After reading the article written by Ms. Patti Wiliams last week, I would like an opportunity to debunk her propaganda. The statements in her article were the most commonly spread talking points out of the pro-wildhorse groups. Fact: There are too many wild horses on the range and[Read More…]
MHS wrestlers on track, as planned
MEEKER I “We are working our plan to get better each week and we saw big improvements last week in Paonia,” Meeker’s head wrestling coach Joe Gutierrez said. No Cowboys won individual titles but four placed in the Paonia Invitational last Saturday. Meeker will wrestle a triangular in Hayden against[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Different fences
Robert Frost’s famous poem “The Mending Wall” and the line “good fences make good neighbors” is quoted time and again for its applicability to relationships between neighbors. Between Fences, a Museum on Main Street project from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, opened in December at the Rio Blanco County[Read More…]
Letter: Laws for mentally ill
Dear Editor: I have a daughter in her 40s who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and anosognosia (she does not believe she is mentally ill but others are). At this time she is in the Mental State Hospital in Terrell, Texas. The fact she is in a mental hospital[Read More…]
Happy with the process
Dear Editor: As a member of the Colorado 8th Senate District Vacancy Committee, I have to say that I am extremely happy with the process that was used to replace outgoing Senator Al White. The steps taken to provide transparency by Chairman Phil Vaughn, and Secretary Audrey Danner were well[Read More…]
Child Find a worthy program
RBC I When asked to write an article for Child Find I debated which direction or approach I should take: that of a current preschool parent witnessing the benefits of the program, or that of a preschool teacher truly believing in the benefits of the preschool program. Consequently, both feel[Read More…]
Meeker Locals
Is anyone else glad January is almost over? For some reason, January seems like the longest month of the entire year. Monday, Jan. 31 is Backward Day. For those of you who frequently do things backward (and we know you’re out there) it might be a good time to reverse[Read More…]
Church to dedicate worship center
MEEKER I The Meeker United Methodist church would like to invite the community to the dedication and celebration of our new church facility. This exciting event will take place on Sunday, Feb. 6 starting at 9:45 a.m. The church is located at 809 Park Ave. in Meeker.
Letter: Debt must be addressed
Dear Editor: What has happened to our country? We owe other people and other countries more money than most of us can comprehend. One thousand billion dollars equals a trillion dollars. Our debt is 14 times one thousand billion dollars! And that doesn’t count the many trillions in unfunded liabilities[Read More…]
