By HT STAFF | [email protected] RBC | While surrounding counties have canceled or curtailed their county fair this year, Rio Blanco County’s fair is going forward with some adjustments. Events kicked off last Saturday with the county 4-H shooting sports annual shoot-off. The extension office is open for early open[Read More…]
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News Briefs: July 23, 2020
Stockgrowers fair barbecue canceled RBC | After much thought and consideration to the potential risks associated with COVID-19 the Stockgrowers’ Association events committee has made the tough decision not to have a barbecue during the county fair this year. Please stay tuned for another fundraising opportunity later in the year![Read More…]
A family affair …
Neil Brennan helped his daughter Hattie mount her horse during last Friday’s horse show, which kicked off the 2019 Rio Blanco County Fair. Events continue throughout this week and culminate in the 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Sale at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3. Next week the HT will be publishing[Read More…]
Dog Show Results
RBC | SHOWMANSHIP – INTERMEDIATE 1. Grace Roberts 2. Eva Scritchfield 3. Kayla Scott 4. Hayley Rippy SHOWMANSHIP – NOVICE JR 1.Cooper Arnold 2.Hayden Garcia 3. Jacob Roberts 4. Aiden Buckler 5. James Petty 6. Holt Pelloni OBEDIENCE – INTERMEDIATE 1. Grace Roberts 2. Kayla Scott 3. Eva Scritchfield OBEDIENCE[Read More…]
Adams honored by RBC fair board
Special to the Herald Times RBC I Thelma Adams has been a dedicated 4-H member for seventy years in our community. She grew up on her family farm in eastern Colorado near Cope in Washington County. She started 4-H at age 10, winning fifth place in the muffin contest. Harold,[Read More…]
JUNIOR NATIONAL HEREFORD EXPO …
Kolbi and Kaden Franklin spent a week in Grand Island, Neb., competing at the Junior National Hereford Expo. There were close to 2,000 entries also competing. Kolbi showed two heifers that stood fifth in highly competitive classes, was selected as the voting delegate for the state of Colorado and was[Read More…]
Submit your best to the RBC Fair
RBC | Everyone is welcome to exhibit their projects in the open division of the Rio Blanco County Fair. Departments include: horticulture and field crops, flowers, foods, needlework and sewing, hobbies and crafts, art and photography. For specific information regarding classes and divisions consult your 2018 Rio Blanco Fair Book[Read More…]
2017 Rio Blanco County fair results
RBC | The Colorado State Fair activities in Pueblo start this week and continue through next week. According to our the Rio Blanco County Extension office, exhibitors expected to be taking animals to state fair include Macy Collins, Marryn and Hayden Shults, Kolbi and Kaden Franklin, Samantha Lapp, Ryan Mergelman[Read More…]
Another fair is in the books
RBC | After a couple weeks of intense county fair activity, County Extension Agent Bill Ekstrom, at his office—abuzz with after-fair activity—was philosophical and grateful. First and foremost, he expressed his enthusiasm for the fair—his 32nd in Rio Blanco County—having been the smoothest run fair in his memory. Ekstrom credited[Read More…]
RBC Shoot Out …
Editor’s Column: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature
When I was a kid there was a popular series of television commercials for margarine that ended with the words, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” followed by dramatic thunder and lightning triggered by an angry middle-aged woman. (As a middle-aged woman there are so many places I could[Read More…]
STATE FAIR RESULTS FROM RBC
Name, Age, Division, Class, Placing, Award Riley Boydstun, 14, Shooting Sports, Archery Sr, 3 Chayton Bumguardner, 12, Leathercraft, Braiding and Untooled Int, 2 Reserve Champion Dalton Dembowski, 14, Shooting Sports, 22 Rifle Stand Alone Sr, 8 Hadley Franklin, 11, Global Citizenship, Study of Another Country Int, 4 Hadley Franklin, 11, Clothing[Read More…]
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The Barone Middle School track team competed and placed well in the meet in West Grand last weekend. The eighth grade boys won the overall meet. Read the recap online at ht1885.com.
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About 80 Meeker Elementary Students participated in the reading competition. Prizes were distributed according to the most minutes read by each student. Story at ht1885.com.
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