RBC | We started our meeting on Sunday, July 10 at 4 p.m. First, we did our Pledge of Allegiance and our 4-H Pledge led by Cambrey Rogers, Milo Brennan and Brodee Kilduff. Then, we had an “ice breaker.” Hadley Franklin and Marryn Shults demonstrated how to give a good[Read More…]
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New options for VA care
RBC | Rio Blanco County military veterans may be eligible for the “new and improved” Veteran Community Care Program (formerly the Veterans Choice Program, which ended in 2019) to obtain faster access to VA-funded medical care in their local community from civilian physicians under certain circumstances. According to va.gov, veterans[Read More…]
A Golf Story
MEEKER | Once upon a time ago, along in the 1980s sometime, three Meeker “Yahoos” by the names of Ray McKee, Bill Zobel and Tom Pilkington decided they needed to play a round of golf. So, they each rounded up some clubs and drove out to the Meeker Golf Course[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: July 14, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • The following is from an Independence Day address delivered in Washington by Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, and is worthy of careful consideration: “There is not a legislature today under this flag that has not its organized banditti within its midst who buy and sell legislation,[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks for help with completed historical signage
Dear Editor: How long does it take for an idea to come to a possibility then to a reality? How about almost three years. Many times ideas are discussed around a table of good food and conversation then the seed has been planted and someone takes the idea and makes[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: July 14, 2022
OHV poker run this saturday RBC | The Wagon Wheel OHV Club’s annual poker run is set for this Saturday, July 16. Meet at Lake Avery and follow the posted signs. Card sales start at Station 1 at 9 a.m and end at 11 a.m., and are to be submitted[Read More…]
Repairs to Lake Avery dam slated to begin in 2023
RBC | Discussion of expanding Lake Avery — aka Big Beaver Reservoir – has been going on since shortly after its construction, Area Wildlife Manager Bill deVergie of Colorado Parks and Wildlife told a packed room at Smoking River Brewing Co. Tuesday. White River Alliance organized the presentation to discuss[Read More…]
POLIS VISIT …
Colorado Governor Jared Polis visited with Town of Meeker trustees Melissa Kindall, Chris Lockwood, Wendy Gutierrez, Scott Nielsen, Tiffany Jehorek and Travis Day; Rio Blanco County Commissioner Ty Gates; CPW Area Wildlife Manager Bill DeVergie, and CPW Commission member and local outfitter Marie Haskett last Friday at the Meeker Café[Read More…]
Rangely town board update
RANGELY | On June 28, 2022, the Town of Rangely Board of Trustees convened to hold their bi-monthly meeting to conduct town business. It was a particularly eventful meeting with special recognition presented by Chief Hamblin, a presentation by Marketing/Economic Development Coordinator Jeannie Caldwell, and public input. After Mayor Andy[Read More…]
CORNHOLE FOR A GOOD CAUSE …
Cornhole was the game of the day last Saturday at the RBC Fairgrounds during the annual HopeWest fundraiser, which included a cornhole tournament, silent and live auctions. This year’s cornhole tournament attracted more teams, including some professional cornhole players who wrapped up the day’s competition with a point-by-point nailbiter. Following[Read More…]
Golden Spade Awards – June 2022
Rangely’s Golden Spade Awards for June were presented to Conrado and Celia Quezada for their Best Residential Yard at 218 S. White Ave, Jesus Guzman and Adriana Vasquez for their Most Improved property at 121 Foothill, and Silver Sage RV Park for Best Business Front. More entry photos below. Congratulations,[Read More…]
HAPPY RETIREMENT …
Christy Whitney Borchard (left) enjoyed receiving a blaze orange ‘Meeker Is Uniquer’ t-shirt to commemorate her retirement as HopeWest CEO. Fellow HopeWest retiree Solveig Olson (right) presented the gift at a party last Thursday at Smoking River Brewing Co., where Borchard was celebrated by family, friends and community members. |[Read More…]
