RANGELY I Longtime readers of the Herald Times may remember reporting and photos by Blake Smith from Rangely. Writing for the HT was Smith’s first job, thanks to assistance from the School-to-Work Alliance Program (SWAP).
Born with spina bifida, a genetic condition in which an area of the spinal column doesn’t form completely, leaving the spinal cord and nerves exposed, Smith is paralyzed from the ribs down. He was 16 when he started with SWAP.