Meeker’s Hayden Garcia represented her hometown well at the AK-SAR-BEN Livestock Show in Grand Island, Nebraska, last weekend, earning reserve grand champion honors in the show’s first rabbit competition and grand champion in senior showmanship. Congratulations, Hayden!
Tag: 4H
4-H Week is October 5-9
Enrollment opens today for wide variety of programs October marks an exciting time in the 4-H world at Rio Blanco County Extension. This Sunday, Oct. 4, RBC 4-H’ers will gather to celebrate their achievements from the 2025-2026 4-H year. The Rio Blanco County 4-H Council, our guiding leadership group of[Read More…]
RBC well-represented at State Fair
Group of livestock, fashion revue, and cake decorating kids at State Fair displaying their well-deserved awards. L to R: Addisen Shults (cake decorating), Trevor Gould, Jada Gould, Teagan Smith, Charlie Rogers, Klayton Carroll, Josh Simmons (friend of RBC 4-H), Hayden Garcia, Cienna Rogers (livestock and fashion revue), Cambrey Rogers, Whitney[Read More…]
Community Profile: Davis returns to agricultural roots as extension director
RBC | Long before Meghan Davis became Rio Blanco County’s new Colorado State University Extension director, she was competing on one of the biggest stages in the dog show world. As a teenager, Davis showed Doberman Pinschers at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City’s Madison[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County 4-H member earns top honors at state horse judging contest
Special to the HT RBC | Rio Blanco County 4-H member Joslin Spieth capped an exceptional horse judging season with a standout performance at the Colorado State 4-H Horse Judging Contest, earning fourth high individual overall and a $500 scholarship. A longtime member of Rio Blanco County 4-H and the[Read More…]
RBC livestock judging teams compete in Montrose contest
Special to the HT RBC | This past weekend, 4-H members from Rio Blanco County traveled to Montrose to compete in the Tri River Area Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday, May 9, 2026. A total of 51 junior participants competed on 14 teams. Rio Blanco County was represented by one[Read More…]
RBC livestock judging team places 2nd in sheep and goat at Kiowa contest
Special to the HT MEEKER | This past weekend, Rio Blanco County 4-H members traveled to Kiowa to compete in the Elbert County Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday, May 2, 2026. At the contest, 67 juniors formed 18 teams. Rio Blanco County was represented by one junior team and one[Read More…]
Rio Blanco 4-H teams compete at Logan County contest
Special to the HT MEEKER | 4-H members from across Rio Blanco County, along with coaches Kari Brennan and Hannah Black, traveled to Sterling this past weekend to compete in the Logan County Livestock Judging Contest on April 25. The contest featured 80 juniors forming 23 teams and 49 seniors[Read More…]
Rio Blanco 4-H teams compete at Douglas County contest
Special to the HT MEEKER | 4-H members and coaches from Rio Blanco County traveled to Castle Rock last weekend to compete in the Douglas County Livestock Judging Contest on April 18. The contest featured 50 junior participants forming 15 teams and 20 senior participants forming 10 teams. Rio Blanco[Read More…]
Local youth places in top 10 at nat’l meat judging contest
Special to the HT MEEKER | Blake Smith, a 12-year-old from Meeker, Colorado, recently competed in the Cowboy Meat Judging virtual contest hosted by Oklahoma State University Meat Science Extension. The contest drew 281 participants from 20 states across the country, including Florida, California, Texas, Montana, Tennessee, and Kentucky, bringing[Read More…]
‘It’s A Way of Life’ 4-H Club report
MEEKER | On Jan. 20 we had our It’s A Way Of Life meeting. We started the meeting at 7 p.m. sharp and discussed Expo, District Retreat in Craig and Demonstration Night next month. We invite everyone in the public to come to the 4-H Demonstration Night at 6 p.m.[Read More…]
It’s Showtime 4-H club report
MEEKER | Over the last two meetings, the It’s Showtime 4-H Club has been very active. In November, we held officer elections in conjunction with the Friendsgiving celebration. Our officers for the year are: President Cienna Rogers, Vice President Teagan Smith, Secretary Copen Smith, Treasurer Hattie Brennan, Reporter Taylor Bain-Kirkpatrick,[Read More…]