Happy New Year! OK, I may be a couple of weeks late, but I do hope 2009 has gotten off to a good start for you.
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Meeker Locals: January 22
Whether you like him or you don’t, we’ve all got ourselves a new president this week. Barack Obama was inaugurated into office Tuesday, Jan. 20. He’s the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.
Loose Ends: Honor a man’s word
Most everyone’s view of the West is based on those romanticized, gussied-up versions of this region of the country. Somehow the real picture of a westerner got lost in the shuffle and the qualities that represented those who struggled to make a living on the land receded into the background.
Obituary: Earl W. “Bill” Lucki
Earl W. “Bill” Lucki Aug. 24, 1938~Jan. 14, 2009
Obituary: Dorothy May Miller
Dorothy May Miller July 9, 1925~Jan. 15, 2009
County to appoint TAG for master planning
RBC — The Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners will appoint a Technical Advisory Group to assist the Planning Commission with the completion of the new County Master Plan.
Comments sought on Milk Creek allotments
RBC — The USDA Forest Service is seeking comments concerning a proposal to reissue the term grazing permit on the Milk Creek domestic sheep grazing allotment.
Rangely residents called to LDS mission in Vietnam
RANGELY — Mark and Pam Berrett of Rangely have accepted a mission call for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and will serve in the Cambodia-Phnom Penh area mission.
Rangely District Hospital adds bone density screening machine
RANGELY — No longer will people have to wait for bone density testing. A traveling bone density machine used to come to Rangely District Hospital every two months. Now, screening can be done three days a week. Thanks to a new bone testing machine.
Town may allow digital
MEEKER — Based on a citizen’s request that the Meeker Municipal Code allow digital display type signs, the town of Meeker has drafted the proposed amendment to the Meeker Sign Ordinance to allow Message Center Display (digital) signs.
RBC Days Gone By: January 22 Edition
Rangely boys go 2-1 on the week
RANGELY — It was quite the week for the Panther squad as they had a couple of wins early in the week and then finished on a sour note in Manila.
