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RIO BLANCO COUNTY DAYS GONE BY
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago
■ Screened porches are now
coming into much favor. Screening
netting and fixtures at the White
River Lumber Company yards.
■ Martin Slifka, practical
German shoemaker. All work guaranteed
first-class, and prices most reasonable.
New shoes made to order.
Shop in Scott Building.
■ Salty wants to know what kind
of bait Link was using — whether it
was Budweiser or that of a deeper
brown color?
■ Campers are going into the
upper White River county both thick
and fast.
■ Fish in White River are getting
to a size that it behooves the fisher to
keep a good grip on his rod, reel, fish
and — reputation. Our county treasurer
can give you pointers.
The Meeker Herald — 50 years ago
■ Organization of Yellow Jacket
Conservancy District started.
■ Highland Cemetery damaged
by teenage beer party Friday.
■ Jane and Janice Fulton, twin
sisters, marry Meeker boys Herbert
Anderson and Kenneth Mannel.
The Meeker Herald — 25 years ago
■ A forklift raised too high
brought down three transformer poles
and cut off electricity to part of
Meeker, causing $6,000-$9,000 in
damages, according to White River
Electric.
■ Lightning caused a fire in
Powell Park which destroyed threefourths
of Harold Anderson’s
haystack before the blaze was extinguished.
■ At the Rifle Creek Theatre,
held over for one week, “Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom.”
The Rangely Times — 50 years ago
■ Have you noticed the number
of tourists going through town these
days? A three minute tour up the
street will reveal license plates from
15-20 different states on cars parked
in service stations, motels, restaurants,
etc.
■ Mrs. C.W. Enterline reports
that her son Harold Ray Turner has
arrived at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The Rangely Times — 35 years ago
■ Campus Theatre now showing
“The Great American Cowboy,” “The
Sound of Music,” and “Dirty Harry
in Magnum Force.”
■ The young people of Dinosaur
have built a big “D” on the hill north
of U.S. Hwy. 40. Helping with the
construction, Lana Smith, Ruth
Lancaster, LaDana Lancaster, Tina
Truitt, Cheryl Smith, Priscilla
Murray, Leann Smith, Grant Murry,
Jimmy Truitt, Murry Tenstermaucher,
Sam Tolley and Mark Tolley.
The Rangely Times — 20 years ago
■ Headline, “911 no later than
mid-September.”
■ The Rangely Chamber of
Commerce wants 15 minutes of your
time for the “First Ever Photo of
Everybody.”
■ The tidal wave caused by the
reuption of a volcano on Krakatau in
1883 reached as far as England.
■ High temperature on July 30,
1989 was 86 degrees. Low was 58
with 0.02 inches of moisture recorded.
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RIO BLANCO HERALD TIMES
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Loose Ends: Rounding up strays
Afew yee-haws would have
come in handy. Following the
herd—critter or human—no
matter how small, has never been a
habit of mine. So when I walked out
of church on Sunday and faced a
local family’s 4-H project on the
loose, I almost turned tail myself.
While the family appeared to be
gone, the metal gate on the animal’s
pen was ajar, and the cattle trio
skedaddled across the street to graze
on the neighbor’s lush green grass.
Never tempted to sign up for the
dude-for-the-day vacation trips, I
was a little hesitant to round up the
strays. Yet, I felt compelled to try
and move them back across the
street, as I watched the biggest one
attempt to push down the pesky
pickets of the neat white fence.
Soon another erstwhile wannabe
cow herder appeared. The two of us
got on either side of the trio, thinking
that they would go back to the
safety of their pen easily. It
appeared to be a correct assumption,
as this encouraged them to increase
their pace and trot back across the
street toward their pen.
A few yards away from the gate
however, the leader of the bovine
bandits bolted. While the other two
kept trotting toward the open gate,
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he headed toward the front of the
house. He munched on a few
clumps of grass, before leaning forward
and licking one of the front
window sills. He was awfully close
to giving the glass a sloppy onceover
with his big pink tongue, when
he was surprised to find to find two
women in their Sunday clothes closing
in.
Jerking his head up and putting
his bulky body into reverse, he
backed up a few yards, then stopped
to survey the situation. Dolefully
chewing on some clumps of grass,
he watched as the two of us corralled
his companions. He inched
his way forward, veering to the left
a bit so he could reach the bales of
hay stacked outside the pen. Lucky
that neither one of us fancied ourselves
as true women of the west, as
he simply wasn’t budging.
MEEKER LOCALS
HAROLD TYMES
G ood
luck and good times to
all the fair participants this
week!
Happy birthday today to Kay
Bivens, Sherry Matthews, Patty
Wyatt and Susan Knezovich; Katie
Coufas and Patti Hoke, July 31;
Phyllis Lake, Makayla Sheridan,
Aug. 1; Stephanie Stubert, Aug. 2;
Darold Nay, Aug. 3; Marilynn
Whiteman and Anthony Mazzola,
Aug. 4; Veronica Denney Fandrich,
Michelle Carrothers Burke, Jewell
Kindler, Rich Parr and Sandy
Shimko, Aug. 5.
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Happy anniversary to Wade and
Marnell Bradfield, Don and
Rosemary Hilkey, Aug. 2; Dale and
PUBLIC NOTICE
Searching around for something
with which to urge him forward, we
each picked up the handiest tool
possible. My friend flicked his
flanks with a red switch and I
waved a leaf rake behind his backside.
He humored us by moving
toward the direction of the gate, but
would stand stock still every few
minutes to let us know who was in
charge of this impromptu cattle
drive. There is no doubt we would
have lost the cowgirl-of-the-day
award if there had been one.
I considered moseying down the
trail without driving the stubborn
steer back into his pen. The thought
of the girl’s disappointment at fair
time banished those thoughts, so I
decided to let him have his freedom
a little bit longer. No sooner had I
given up control of his progress, he
trotted back into his pen where the
other two were waiting.
As I walked away, I heard a
voice calling, “Tinkerbell.
Tinkerbell. Get away from there.”
Looking up to see if Wendy or Peter
Pan had appeared, I saw a man
heading toward the fenced corral to
fetch his dog. These stray days of
summer could be made into a great
western version of the old tale.
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Trish Hallebach, Aug. 3; Billy Don
and Shirley Harp, Aug. 4; Obediah
and Meredith Deming, Aug. 5; and
a belated happy anniversary to Troy
and Kelly Osborn, who celebrated
their first anniversary July 19.
Do you want to announce a
family reunion? A wedding? Or
just wish happy birthday to a
friend? Please send birthday greetings,
anniversary wishes, and other
local social news to harold@theheraldtimes.com,
or mail information
to P.O. Box 720, Meeker, CO
81641.
Meeting aims to inform board prospects
MEEKER ❙ Superintendent Doug Pfau and the Meeker School
Board invite anyone interested in running for the board this
November to attend an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 4 at the administration building’s board room. The meeting is an
informal forum to answer questions about serving on the board —
from a board member’s role to the time commitment involved. There
will be four openings on the board. The deadline for nominating petitions
is the end of August.
Members whose positions will be up for election are Iris Franklin,
Paul Neilson, Jerry Oldland and Ben Rogers.
The Annual Report to the Public Accreditation Indicators
for Rangely RE-4 School District 2007-2008
is availableat theRangely District Office,
609 S. Stanolind Ave., Rangely, CO.
Theofficeis open Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Questions? Please call Cheri Smith at 675-2207.