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<br />IN TRIBUTE
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<br />NMos! everything I've done since World War /I has had somefhing to do with
<br />the operation of the Colorado River. When I'm not farming or working on
<br />board motters, I turn to the wafers for 0 different pvrpose - recreation. I hove
<br />booted the Colorado from New Mexico fa the Mexican border. I hove skied
<br />the river and camped olong her shores_ And, I hove raised my children and
<br />grandchildren to respect rhe river os they would their own home. The river
<br />means so much to me She is 0 source of form water.. a source of drinking
<br />wafer, a source of energy and 0 source of recreation.
<br />She represents the lifeblood of several million people, myself included. "
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<br />- Virgil Jones
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<br />1923-2002
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<br />Born on New Yeo's Eve 1923 in Albuquerque, Ni\~, '.,',rgill Jones come' Ccl,L:;Tr1lo c~ '.J ;,~)~""er in 1949 dra'.\~ bv 'he
<br />plentiful Irriga!IQ~ water of the Colorado R've' He was aC'I,'e ,n 5e\i~'c1 C 'mmUf1" olgonizC:"OTiS Q'10 sefver! C5 Tne firs!
<br />Javcees Fa,r p~E-sident. 05 well as President 0; the lions ClUD c~d tOIMer m",,['l1ter ofl~;e S,hoo: Bcc~d
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<br />In 105.1 Virg:: \\cs elected to the Boord cr D"ec1ors ,I Pal. Verde In;{;1'.JTio~~ D"l,i,.- o.-,d ,n 1<;6.:~ ,\'~S G~poinled 11 "1e
<br />Colorado Rive' Boord of Californio, on which he 'N05 sef \i:n'~. 'lS Chairman :J\ 're P"le -,1 hiS cl-='Orr-, Fo:b'....'ng the 198.1.1987
<br />Colorado Ri..Pl tloods. he served on !he Coln'ode ~".el Fk::uu,....o., Tes. L rce end a ~e," ',ears ago. .\'J, ~e(. ,rtzec b't
<br />Ca!ifornlcs legisiatQ1s os being 0 Oeser! Insp<Tc:iond Ser )r lJf ~IS lifeless ','.:,'" Drr''T10:ln'J ~i-]e S:'11t'5 wc~,... '9":::: A '-Jng
<br />time member of C'1'A'UA. he hod juS! finished his secanc ','eor 05 Pres,den'
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<br />He '5 survlvec bv hiS .",fe of 57 years Dorothy. daughter "\015' N:c"")lson.';(. end ::i::u91\'e! .~, '0." Mark onc . :'Tberlv Jones
<br />sister Marv Lo' 5E' S~rops~"e, Ijve grandchildren and '..\,,) g'<;!c' grO'"'dch, jr'2'n
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