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<br />Daily News. The story reported that the Federal Energy Regulatory
<br />McInnis wrote a letter of complaint. Commission. The federal com-
<br />to Holliday on behalf of the Hellsgate m,IssioD isSues operating licenses for
<br />investors, one pi \Vhom was his Jav.: JDeb projects.
<br />partner., .
<br />Hellsgate Associates, a group of Please see 'Melnnis' on Page 11
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<br />leni Sigo videotapes 3-yuar-old Phillip Claufon, Glen-.
<br />wood Springs, with ~Gr'JII the Crime Dog at the Glen-
<br />wood Springs Mall 0\1 Sunday. The Glenwood Sprin.gs
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<br />,I;'olice Department ",lIer
<br />children as part of an ant
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<br />West Divide battling long odds on
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<br />By BRUCE YO!JNG
<br />Post starr writer
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<br />If the West Divide Water Con-
<br />servancy District cannot find fun-
<br />ding for water projects, it could lose
<br />the district's water rights.
<br />In a meeting Friday with members
<br />o( the Colorado Water Conservation
<br />Board, members from the Colorado
<br />River Water Conservation District
<br />(CRWCD) and West Divide
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<br />Cutter
<br />does more
<br />than issue
<br />Band-Aids
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<br />By KATHLI<.:l<.:!\i ;\kM(;LLEN
<br />Post lIf~tyles editor
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<br />Linda Cutter greets her shy patient
<br />with a bright smile and a look that
<br />says everythinR will be line in a few
<br />minutes.
<br />As the Re.1 School District school
<br />nurse covering Glenwood Springs,
<br />Cuttt'r offers ge"..ine r "Tlpa..;;ion
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<br />discussed their concern about water
<br />rights and the district's ability to
<br />fund water projects.
<br />"If we don't use it (water). we're
<br />going to lose it... said Harold
<br />Shaeffer. vice president of the West
<br />Divide.
<br />"If we can't build a project, how
<br />are we going to defend the water
<br />rights?" Shaeffer questioned.
<br />"Colorado has essentially written off
<br />water projects on the Western
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<br />Slope."
<br />The West Divide has conditional
<br />water rights (decrees) that muSt be
<br />renewed every (our years by proving
<br />to the Colorado Water Conservation
<br />Board a "diligent" effort is being
<br />made to use the water.
<br />The meeting came as a result of
<br />reviewing a study that began in 1985
<br />to develop and evaluate alternative
<br />water storage and delivery systems
<br />along the West Divide.
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<br />The study area being considered
<br />for possible water projects is the
<br />arco south of the Colorado River
<br />between New CasUe and Parachute
<br />(including Rifle and SilO, and
<br />bounded to the west and south by the
<br />White River National Forest and the
<br />Grand Mesa National Forest.
<br />The $100,000 study by the Hydro-
<br />Triad, Ltd.. known as the Refor-
<br />mation of the West Divide Project,
<br />was funded by the three
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<br />organizations.
<br />The study was completed in July
<br />~ and a report released this month.
<br />"The report tells us we have a
<br />problem," Russell GPOrge, attorney
<br />(or West Divide said. "If we build a
<br />reservoir, who's going to use the
<br />water and who's going to pay for it?"
<br />In the report, eight pos$ible sites
<br />were evaluated, with cost estimates
<br />(or the projects ranging from $11 .4
<br />million to $53.4 million.
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<br />H the least expensive reservoir is
<br />built at $11.4 million, the report
<br />estimates the coot of water at $90 per
<br />acre-foot. According to George. the
<br />farmers can afford only $35 per acre-
<br />foot.
<br />"It's not cost effective. It said Lee
<br />Christensen a farmer and West
<br />Divide board member. "The farrnt'rs
<br />can'tafford to pay forit "
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<br />Republicans say Campbell ~~
<br />broke federal election law ~ /
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<br />DENVER (AP) - Ben Nighthorse
<br />Campbell. the Democratic candidate
<br />in the 3rd Congressional District.
<br />violated federal election laws when
<br />he failed to put disclosure statements
<br />on two ads and reproductions of a
<br />magazine article, the Colorado
<br />Republican Party said in a com.
<br />plaint filed Friday.
<br />Sean Conway, the campaign
<br />manager for the incumbent, Rep.
<br />Mike Strang, R.colo.. said the in.
<br />cidents show "there is clearly an
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<br />Campaign filled with
<br />rhetoric. See Page 5.
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<br />intent by the Campbell campaign not
<br />to Collow the law."
<br />Conway said tht' complaint was
<br />filed by the state GOP because
<br />Campbell didn't have the necessary
<br />disclosure on an ad in the Pueblo
<br />Senior Beacon, an ad in a program
<br />for Pueblo's Fiesta Days parade, and
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<br />on a reprint of a Frontier Airli~
<br />magazine artidf' ahout Campbe~
<br />which is being dislributf'd by his
<br />campaign.
<br />However, Ken Lane. Campbell's~
<br />campaign treasurer said, "th~~"
<br />Federal ElectIOn Commission rule-...::...
<br />says that when a. communication ~
<br />expressly advocates the election or ~
<br />defeat of a candidate. or solicits ......
<br />contributions, then you have to have
<br />a disclaimer. I doo.t recall anywhere
<br />in the article whu'e it says to vote."
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