During the third annual Lose For Good Challenge, the Meeker Weight Watchers group donated food to the local food bank for every pound of weight lost. Also, five businesses — Ma Famiglia, Samuelson’s, State Farm, Valley Hardware and Watt’s Ranch Market — sponsored a Weight Watchers member, donating a non-perishable[Read More…]
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4-H Club News
RANGELY I Sunday’s 2010 Rangely 4-H Achievement Night celebrated the clubs’ successes. While 4-H members and their families enjoyed a potluck dinner, the Panther Country 4-H Club, Chipigitt, Cloverbuds, Makin’ Bacon, and Fish Buddies 4-H Club were recognized for 100 percent completion. The Muddy Mutts Dog Club and the Scrapbooking[Read More…]
4 Days of our Lives…
So far, so good for Rangely’s four-day school experiment RANGELY I The school day is longer, the week is shorter and absences are down. An early report card on the four-day school week would give the district a passing grade.
Four-day week aids professional development
RANGELY I The four-day school week will provide teachers with plenty of professional development focused on helping teachers become better at their craft. Twelve weeks of school, 12 weeks of instruction, 12 weeks of walk throughs and evaluations on the four-day school week reveal the following key observations, findings and[Read More…]
Annie Jr. hits the stage this month
MEEKER I Meeker is in for a treat. Saturday, Nov. 20 the Center Stage Youth Theatrical Group will perform “Annie Jr.” at the high school auditorium. It has been a great 12 weeks of rehearsals for Annie, the orphans, Miss Hannigan, Grace, Daddy Warbucks and the rest of the cast.[Read More…]
Lady Panthers looking to win in this trip to state tourney
For the second time in three years, the Lady Panthers are going to the state volleyball tournament. This year, though, is different. They won’t be happy just to have made it this far. They want to win. Rangely lost all three of its matches in pool play at the 2008[Read More…]
Pilot’s wife dies in chopper crash up Wilson Creek
MEEKER I It could be months before investigators know — or at least reveal — the cause of a fatal helicopter crash Nov. 3 up Wilson Creek, in northern Rio Blanco County, close to the Moffat County line. “I’ll have a preliminary report by the end of the week, but[Read More…]
Glimmer of hope remains for historic church
MEEKER I Those who mourn the idea of losing the white frame building that has housed the Meeker United Methodist Church for more than a century have a “glimmer of hope” for the building’s salvation.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 125 years ago • We take the pleasure of announcing to the public that J.W. Hugus & Co. will, on or about the first of December, open a bank in Meeker. • Otto Metzger and Baron Rothchild arrived from Leadville. Mr. Metzger is here to stay[Read More…]
Lady Panthers get No. 3 seed at state
RANGELY I Win the Western Slope League championship. Check. Win the district tournament. Check. Win the regional tournament. Check. Next on the Lady Panther’s to-do list — win the state volleyball tournament. “Our first goal was to be league champs, then win district, then win regionals,” said Rangely coach Jimmie[Read More…]
Obituary: Lt. Col. Herbert Cunningham Showers
Lt. Col. Herbert Cunningham Showers Dec. 5, 1916~Nov. 3, 2010 Lt. Col. Herbert Cunningham Showers, USAF retired, 93, peacefully passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Nov. 3, 2010, after a short battle with pneumonia.
Proud of service to his country
MEEKER I He served his country overseas and spent most of his professional career on the West Coast, but Meeker was always home. Eighty-five-year-old Vern Amick was born here, left when he was 15, and didn’t return, at least permanently, until almost 70 years later.