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<br />)ue~tions and rumors flying
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<br />If t:\'crvOIU' ii, (,he Snn Luis Valley is jittery
<br />lltlul (lUI: h,t~,ri.. 110 wOlltlcr. What we ;111 wanL is
<br />quidl nll~Wt~r or two. but. so [;11' 1I11cl'>l.iuns anet
<br />!llllOr~ al"f~ far mon.' ahundant.
<br />^ luajur i~SIU.~ for the new cl;nl.ury is the '('<tylor
<br />::1111'11". BIIW prul)l~r1y
<br />I IU'" II as 111~Jllro~oCrcck
<br />/1(1 Cull'llr;\ Hanchcs, al.
<br />hUllgh lhe f(il'lUl'r name
<br />,'ill go.on living in infall1Y'
<br />01' u IOIl~ ,time ill OUI"
<br />Ill:llloril',s. !-;Il l1Iuch con.
<br />fit:! S\IITtlUlltlt.'d the
<br />17 ,!JUU';Il;I't.' n\l\l..:h for mure
<br />illill:\ ",('IH'ratjunl hllls\ls'
<br />liciull will he part of its
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<br />l.tl.ul'ni.IIU'lltlWClwllcr. Virginia Simmons
<br />ISjlllrpOl'll.t! tuhc:! lovcruf
<br />11;11111." Whll inlt'lllls tu currect llhuscs stlch;ls ove...
<br />IOI:J~illJ.: hy lilt' l)l'cvious oWllcr. Il would be casiel'
<br />III I~Wl' t;t~l,f"I_I~un' in Mr. Pai, however, if he did
<br />Ilul~';ha\'t' -tit.,~ to Enroll 1':Ilt.'r~y ::;ervic(~!i, which
<br />Iln;villl'SS(',i.\'in'~ tun inrgc reh\il n-'nlcslnlcl~lltl'r-
<br />pl.is!' aHlfJlI~ utlwr adivitic!i.^lso, one of guru".:;
<br />;lllili;\!es i~ AZtlrix CUI')lurntioll, 1\11 international
<br />walt'l" th.:\'do(llllclIllinn.
<br />AllllUuf,:11 tlte gnron FOllllil:\t.ion has,lllad~agirt
<br />III The N:lturL' Conservancy. as a show OrS1tllporl
<br />rill. (ll'oll'dillll urhio,diversilY. arc wondering: aloud
<br />wh,v 1\11', Pai would inYl'l>t$Zllllillioll in the'l'aylol"
<br />/fallt.:h, "lll~ buying up olher small propcl-tics in
<br />Cu~til1a Counl)'. if lll' didn't pl<U1 to recover sOlUe
<br />uf his lIl11lil'Y, ~uml.'h(lw, sOllletime. The hig lI\H~R.
<br />ti(1Il i~,IIlIW.
<br />^ ~ccmld Illajur I)ul'slion illspirillg: rUIH9rs is the
<br />B:lea Hal\(:h, whose owner, Gl1ry Boyce, a few.
<br />years agu Ilmdc itclcnr that his Ilcrsonal economic
<br />gain outweighs mutual affection between him anll
<br />lIHl$l Valll'~'.il('s. ^ couple of years ago t.hc e:<pnr.
<br />tatiollof w<\lcr frC>1lI the Vnlley's aquifcr was his
<br />intended path to ricllcs.,but now, it i$ rumored, he
<br />w.m!.::. $:\5 million for his ranch instead,
<br />Then' al'C llUllllany individuals with that kind
<br />of mOIH')' .llut nwn1oratioll might come up with it.
<br />^ltllll\ldll,tullll-lcitlcrci>ortcdon Dl'cclOhcratllat
<br />'p, ,\.'III.i., spllk(':-;p('f~ll1 said tl!c corporation i~I\'l
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<br />inlen!St.ed, ~lI1lIC pcu(ll~ ltrc nol very confident
<br />nhuut Al'.u'rix's l:uudnr. ~lllCC ~hc tirm engage::; in
<br />water dcvclllIHIl(.nl.
<br />A clJli)lle of years nfW 'l'he Nature Conservnncy ,
<br />W;IS saill to have hel'n in the 'm;uket for thc Baca
<br />Hnll~h, hul t.he m;king price wits too high. One
<br />gcnlhmlall who dabblcs in IOC.ll politics even an.
<br />nOli need elTollcmu:;ly thnl,'I'NC had bought the
<br />plnct." butuo,w it is rumure(J that 'l'NC might buy
<br />lhe milch .1111.1 hold it until thdcderof govcrnment
<br />Clln buy it., thcn~hy lmilillg tiS out ofa huge worry.
<br />Which hrillgs us lu Queslion 3. Will Grcnt Sund
<br />lJunes ht: Ilnll'nul(.~d from national monument to
<br />natiolla1llmk shllUt;'? Among the hcndits fOI.cre.
<br />nting a Ilnrk is t.he lu.ut.cdiull of ::;omelhing called
<br />a '~sand ::;hel~t.." What i~n'l ::;ai,lloudly is that the
<br />sund sheet ()v(:r1ay~ t.he i\()tli.fcr,. part, of whieh
<br />undcrlil!S the naca Rnm:h, which might become an
<br />ndllil.iUlt 111 1.1'1' Ilnt inn"l p.u.k if the rallch could be
<br />pllrchllficd.
<br />B:lck to The Nul \Ire (~ltlU;~WVl\lICY, which would
<br />tuke on the lustCl. (If n lmight in shining urmor if
<br />Uw llr~aniZ,,1-iun t:Clultl fUlIle up with' ~hc cash to
<br />huy thl.: B.ll:a :11111, hold the prol>erty while the
<br />IcdL'rnl ~()Vt'nllnt.'lll is lIccidiu~ y.ohether ur not LQ
<br />. UCCl'l>t the l)llrlHloal. 8iUt:c TNC is kugwn..1o do
<br />"pa::;s thruughs" or this sort. when possible and
<br />:ulvisnhlc, fud i~ .ullled t.o thiN rumor.
<br />Althuugh the Dcpnrlmcnt of the Interior and
<br />the 1)lllitic;ll bi~wj~1i who visiled Gl'catSand Dunes
<br />011 nl'cumher U3 arl! cnthusiastic about creating
<br />till' Imdt, :>lU,:h Oldinus take time, maybe a couple
<br />ofyear~allea::;l.. :.\nd Ilot cVl'ry Jlolitician will fovor
<br />Slll.l, a llUIVC. 'l'ake RCllresent.ntiveJoel ileOey (R)
<br />from ClJlunuln SlJl.ill~:i, l~ll' in:suHtce_
<br />Oil tilL' ut.hl'rl'idcufthe Valley. we nlso hnve the
<br />questioll ur as a lessee for the Cumbrcs and Toltcc
<br />Seel,ie Hailruad. Illlhatmaltcr,l nmconfidentthc
<br />commls:;iol' willslloll havcasolution, and the littlc
<br />engilles thai, could will be back all track, although
<br />thel~ will ulso be SOlHe little C11gines lhat can't
<br />ulltil they have beelll"ehuilt. it is said.
<br />Ohviously, there is enough mntcrial for
<br />rUlllurs to keep Vallcy-it.cs (Ill edge,"l'o he'o.n the
<br />s.lft: ::;idl!, wc sh01.lhlllut jUIU)J to conclusions. but
<br />neit.her ~hould wc i!{llure n:cllhlns that arc nap.
<br />Ilin~ l'ulIsj)ieuously in the hreeze.
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<br />Allard: Saguache coming
<br />CJround on Sand Dunes
<br />FORT GARLAND By GARY TAYLOR' ~.J
<br />t d . - A U.S. SChator on Mond .d h ..,
<br />san SOPPOslllontoaGrealSandD . ay sal c under. ,_
<br />County fenders is dissipating. unes natIOnal park by Saguachc
<br />Wayne Allard, visiting the San L . V
<br />five months, also pickcd up C UJs. alley roC' the third lime in
<br />debate drumbeat n$ the next $ OI~grcsslonaJ RepublicailS' budget
<br />Wh k d b P eSSlon nears
<br />en as e y om Herrm d' '.
<br />Costilla County Communit C ann -:armg a fawn Meeting at (he
<br />;I~ctionyear;don'tcxpt.~tm~ch cfr~er If, as she ~~ad hc:ard, "It's an.
<br />It s an election year; don't exp~ct J~U~~~..grcss). Allard responded.
<br />The Sand Dunes
<br />Allard held a Town Meclin inSa L . , ,
<br />Vallc~lastmonth forthcSu';mit tH.u~slnAugu~t,. returned toUw
<br />5 ~.county tOUr in Year 2000 in Pu:bJ J~ 01nc, and IS bcginning his,
<br />R~o Grande and Mineral counties H?' ohtd Ij,Alamosa..SngUuche,.
<br />Wife Joan and aides at' the Ala . Ii sc CUe today Will find him,
<br />Center Methodist Church at 10~~s~h oM Rcsto';1ran.t at 8 n.m., lhe'
<br />(Monte Vista) at 12:30 p,m., and thO UC d ountam VI~,",,: Hestaurant.
<br />(Creede) at 4 p.m. Lute Monday he held a erground M~nm.g Museum
<br />L ~e sena~r said he started his 2000 t Towf ~Ietlng J.n La Jara.
<br />.tus Valley In order to anSWer resident ?ur 0 . 0 orado In the San
<br />bve and executive effort to tr .r s qucstlOns about a legisla_
<br />tional Monumcnt to 8 nationainSJ kon th<: Great Salld Dunes Na.
<br />th~ Visitors Center three we 181' . During a news conference nt.
<br />. surfaced publicly was that ofSa;u~chgOc the only o~po~ition that
<br />" ~cguc:d the loss of property tax mone ~ ountycommtsslOners, who
<br />If t~e federal government buys th~ ;d control over walcr rights
<br />n~,tlon.al-park.,purch8se deal. aca Ranch as part of the
<br />I thmk they (Saguache commissi .
<br />,from what I've been toJd "All d o.clers) ar~ changing their mind
<br />To~n Meeting., "ar ~Ul c:urly III the Costilla County
<br />_. (Full 8t,~~~hotos ill, Wednesday's ~orH'iclj
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