After a long winter it’s always refreshing to see our local parks come alive with outdoor activity in the spring season; whether it’s anglers on the river or at the Circle Park Pond, bikes on the trails, teams on fields, lunchtime fitness walkers, skaters at the action park, archers at[Read More…]
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Cowboys travel to Virginia Beach wrestling tourney
MEEKER | Five Meeker Cowboys continued to work past the end of the regular season to compete at the NHSCA National Tournament in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this past weekend. Reed Goedert, Clay Crawford, Abe Maupin, Cade Blunt and Judd Harvey all qualified for the 2023 Colorado State Championships, one of[Read More…]
GIANINETTI SIGNS WITH CALVARY U
MHS senior Nora Gianinetti will be a Lady Warrior at Calvary University in Kansas City, Missouri, playing volleyball. She’s excited to pursue a business degree there with hopes of attending law school afterward to serve foster children as a Guardian ad Litem. | COURTESY PHOTO
BMS WRAPS SEASON
The Barone Middle School wrestlers wrapped up their season last weekend at the Hayden District Wrestling Tournament. Four Cowboys were crowned champions at this end of season tournament:Eli Rundberg (90 pounds, 15-3 record at end of season); Tristan Nee (120, 13-4); Said Rodriguez (135, 12-0); Jace Vroman (140, 17-1). Taking[Read More…]
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Timber Weber and Orion Musser competed in the 2023 Colorado Elementary and Colorado Middle School State Wrestling Championships. Weber, who wrestles in Meeker for Athlos Life, placed fourth. Orion is little brother to Tanner Musser, the state Class 2A, 285 pound runner-up, and an eighth grader at Barone Middle School.[Read More…]
Cowboys battle Miners
MEEKER | Spring baseball in western Colorado is more like baseball in less winter. The Cowboys traveled to the banana belt of the region Tuesday to take on the North Fork Miners, a traditional powerhouse in the sport that was once in the same class, the Miners have moved up[Read More…]
Panthers begin season with snow shoveling
The Rangely High School track and field team opened up their season on March 17, 2023, after a long, cold winter at the Rifle High School Invitational. The 41 athletes on the roster were prepared for this first meet not just by lots of running, jumping and throwing, but also[Read More…]
RBC 4-H’rs perform well at LaPlata
RBC | Several 4-H kids from Rio Blanco County went to Durango, Colorado, last weekend to compete in their first contest of the season, the LaPlata County “Rumble in the Rockies” Livestock Judging Contest. Nine kids traveled to compete and all nine placed in the “Top 10” and had their[Read More…]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Wrong
“Aristocrats don’t notice philosophical conundra. They just ignore them. Philosophy includes contemplating the possibility that you might be wrong, sir, and a real aristocrat knows that he is always right. It’s not vanity, you understand, it’s built-in absolute certainty. They may sometimes be as mad as a hatful of spoons,[Read More…]
Long winter takes bite out of school utilities budget
MEEKER | High utility bills are taking a bite of out our budgets both personal and institutional. The Meeker School District reported nearly $33,000 in utility bills for February; approximately $17K was for natural gas and another $15K for electricity. Superintendent Chris Selle said he’s planning to review possible ways[Read More…]
April Fool’s Day
The origin of April Fool’s Day is not really known. In 18th century Britain, there was a two-day event that encouraged many of the jokes and pranks we still use for our April Fool’s Day. The first day was “Hunting the Gowk,” in which people were sent all over on[Read More…]
