RBC | Twenty-one youth participated in the Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge competition local round hosted by ERBM Recreation and Park District on Friday, Jan. 11. Six youth have captured honors in the Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge local round and will advance to the sectionals. The following earned first place[Read More…]
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OPED: Climate models and global warming
RBC | In this article, I summarize scientific consensus on the state of the global climate and explain the basis for climate predictions. Climate projections are based on computer models, and few people in the general population understand how the models work. If there’s been a failure in climate science, perhaps[Read More…]
Appointments to be made to county boards Jan. 28.
RBC | This is the third article in a series reviewing the purpose and function of 10 panels to which the board of county commissioners (BOCC) will be making appointments at its regular Jan. 28 meeting. Each of the 10 boards have vacancies. The BOCC urges anyone interested in appointment to[Read More…]
Big game season structure topic of Meeker meeting
MEEKER | Approximately 50 people gathered at Mountain Valley Bank in Meeker Jan. 7 as participants in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) public involvement meeting about what the five-year big game season structure beginning in 2020 should look like. Rio Blanco County outfitter and CPW Commission member Marie Haskett, and CPW[Read More…]
Henderson completes Sea Year training
MEEKER | Midshipman John C. Henderson, son of Kristen and George Henderson, of Meeker recently completed Sea Year training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, N.Y. Henderson was nominated to the elite federal service academy by Congressman Scott Tipton and is a graduate of Meeker[Read More…]
More snow needed to make up last year’s deficits
RBC | After a below normal December, Colorado’s snowpack is approaching a pivotal point during the winter. Snowpack in the Yampa, White and North Platte basins is above normal at 104 percent of the median.Precipitation for December was 64 percent of average and water year-to-date precipitation is 101 percent of average.[Read More…]
OPED: Finding joy in 2019
MEEKER | What do you do when you have company coming over, piles of laundry everywhere, dishes in the sink and absolutely no motivation whatsoever to tackle the ever looming and neverending chore monster? There is the old trick of throwing the clean laundry in the closets or hiding dirty dishes[Read More…]
SNOW MUCH FUN …
ERBM Recreation and Park District hosted the annual Cardboard Derby on Saturday, Jan. 12 at Paintbrush Park. The hill was filled with cardboard creations as they slipped, crashed and flew down the hill to the finish line. Elijah and Bella Brey (above) captured the fastest time and the golden traveling[Read More…]
Obituary: Donna Marie Beckert
Donna Marie Beckert Oct. 12, 1944 ~ Jan. 6, 2019 Donna Beckert, 74, was called to her eternal resting place on Jan. 6, 2019. She entered this world on Oct. 12, 1944, in Coffeyville, Kan., born to Merril Leffler and Helen Marie Inman Leffler. Donna married Jewel C. Beckert in[Read More…]
County Beat: Jan. 17, 2019
RBC | Local Access Internet (LAI), one of the former service providers for county broadband, was the first topic of discussion at the workshops prior to the Jan. 14 commissioners’ meeting. Communications Director Cody Crooks asked the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) if they wanted to pursue the findings from the[Read More…]
CPW asking for input on deer management plan update
RBC | The management plan for the White River mule deer herd is due for an update in 2019 and Colorado Parks and Wildlife managers say the public’s input will be critical in light of significant changes that have affected the herd over the past two decades. The White River mule[Read More…]
New community ed classes this Feb.
RBC | Spring 2019 classes are off to a great start with more choices beginning in February. Feb. 4—smart phone workshop for anyone struggling with your device. Feb. 5—Microsoft Word is a review of basic skills and more complex functions on your computer. Feb. 7—digital photography will teach you to[Read More…]
