Special to the HT RBC | The 2025 County Shoot is in the books. Last Thursday the shooting classes for air rifle and air pistol began the County Fair at the 4-H building in Meeker. Friday archers took aim on bale targets and 3D animal silhouettes at the Rangely Elks[Read More…]
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4-H Delta international shoot
Local Meeker archers Dawn Arnold (black shirt) and Jill Ward ( blue shirt) completed at the 4-H Delta International Shoot on Saturday, June 28. Arnold placed first in compound limited archery and Ward placed third in compound limited archery and second in air rifle. Congratulations to these young ladies.
RBC 4-H judging teams travel to Montrose
MEEKER | Rio Blanco County 4-H members traveled from both ends of the county to Montrose for the Tri-River Area Livestock Judging Contest on May 10, 2025. They competed against youth from across the state, judging 12 classes of livestock, giving three sets of oral reasons, and answering two sets[Read More…]
Top 10 in the State
Out of 12 possible Colorado and out-of-state 4-H livestock judging contests for the 2024/2025 season, Hattie Brennan (left) and Ally Black (right) have secured spots in the top 10 available slots for Colorado 4-H Livestock Judging All-State accomplishments. Hattie attended 6/12 contests ranking within the top 10 High Individuals Overall[Read More…]
New shooting sports leaders for 4-H
RBC | Rio Blanco County 4-H has 11 new Shooting Sports Certified Leaders. That’s right — 11 new certified leaders. Over the weekend of March 28–30, all 11 leaders attended the three-day intensive certification training in Garfield County. Sam Tolley and Terry Wygant (pictured) from Rangely are our new shotgun[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County 4-H Achievement Awards
RBC | Rio Blanco 4-H Achievement Nights are a time to recognize the 4-H members who have worked so hard this past year to learn more and do more. We would like to recognize all 4-H members for their hard work and dedication throughout the 2023/2024 4-H year. Each 4-H[Read More…]
Blast and Twang 4-H contests kick off Rio Blanco County Fair
RBC | The 2024 County Shoot is in the books. Friday the air shooting classes began the RBC Fair at the 4-H building in Meeker. Unofficial results indicate all 4-H shooters are likely eligible to go on to the Colorado State Fair! The next day, archers, shotgunners and .22 shooters[Read More…]
4-H NEWS
Rio Blanco County Senior 4-H Members Liam Olson and Jill Ward attended the Colorado State 4-H Conference in Fort Collins June 18-20. The RBC 4-H members stayed on the CSU campus and attended workshops. Workshop tracks covered the topics of leadership, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and family consumer[Read More…]
Four Leaf Clovers 4-H
During the most recent Four Leaf Clovers meetings, we made cards for our local businesses to thank them for their contributions to our community. We also played a few games to get our meetings started and filled out some parts of our record books. At the next 4-H meeting on[Read More…]
4-H HAPPENINGS
The RBC-Meeker Livestock Judging Team traveled to Sterling, Colorado this past weekend for the Logan County Livestock Judging Contest. Pictured are Matthew Willey, Dylan Rundberg, Eli Rundberg, Klayton Carroll, Hattie Brennan, 4-H leader/judging coordinator Kari Brennan and behind the camera, Coach Clint Shults. Dylan, Eli, Klayton and Hattie made up[Read More…]
RBC 4-H excitement
RBC | Rio Blanco County 4-H members have been hard at work selecting their livestock and working on their indoor projects. Members have also been participating in leadership activities across the state and beyond. Here are a few things Rio Blanco County 4-H is up to. Blake Smith (left) and[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…]
