RBC I Rio Blanco BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) is implementing a program called Feeding Our Future. Various models of this idea have been successfully started in other states and also in other communities in Colorado.
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Veterans reminded to claim stop-loss pay
RBC I Joe Dungan, veterans service officer for Rio Blanco County, reminds local veterans who are owed back pay that they should claim it.
RBC Warranty Deeds
JUNE TRANSACTIONS Seller: Harley Peters Buyer: Robert Redmon Description: Section: 12 Township: 4S Range: 102W 43644 Hwy 139 Transaction Price: $260,000
Patriot Day to be observed on Sept. 11
RBC I Patriot Day is Sept. 11 of each year, designated in memory of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Hantavirus cases have happy endings decade apart
Hantavirus may not be a very common disease. But it can be deadly. Joe Merriam almost found that out the hard way. Merriam’s daughter, Annie, contracted the disease in 1999, during the summer before her senior year at Meeker High School. She nearly died.
The County Cubicle: Fleet management … mowers to loaders
Editor’s note: In an effort to keep residents informed on happenings within county government, county employees will contribute biweekly articles for “The County Cubicle.”
Rio Blanco County Warranty Deeds
JUNE 2010 TRANSACTIONS Seller: David Udall Buyer: Robert McFerron Description: Subdivision: La Mesa PUD Replat of Lots 49 and 59 of Replat #1 of Replat of La Mesa PUD 282239 Lot: 37 1351 La Mesa Circle Transaction Price: $41,000
Chambers name members of the week
RBC I This week’s Meeker Chamber Member of the Week is State Farm Insurance. To read the story, go to www.meekerchamber.com.
Williams to increase Piceance production
RBC I Williams, which has the largest operation in the Piceance Basin, will add another rig in the Piceance by the end of the year, or sooner, as part of its effort to increase production in the next two years, the Grand Junction Sentinel reported Aug. 16.
Rio Blanco County Days Gone By
The Meeker Herald — 90 years ago • Two Meeker citizens were honored in connection with the Governor Cox notification ceremonies. They were John A. Watson and E. H. Sexson. • At the Republican County Assembly: “They are still talking of reopening the Colorado Midland Railway.”
Next Western Slope Honor Flight Oct. 5-6
RBC I Western Slope Honor Flight has been organized under the national organization for the purpose of flying veterans from the Western Slope of Colorado to and from the memorials at no cost to them.
Letter: Theos is now a life woolgrower member
At the recently held convention of the Colorado Woolgrowers Association in Montrose, Nick Theos was accorded the honor of a lifetime membership for his service to the livestock industry, and particularly the sheep industry. Mike Harper, president, CWGA, made the announcement at the closing luncheon at the convention.
