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-lJ'lfl'je l:tUt:l.f.UollU:I)'IUI _...-..- t"""----~...,,_.. . -- fonrm-resldent.s. by at leisf2 percent from' this year's ex-&hollJ'!l at some recreauulI \--emeli:1, 101"'... BLM WILDERNESS ISSUE 2 '(ampa River Dams Hit Study Snag By nOORRTTWEEDELL may be February 1980 before a wUder- headgate rrom a bedpan" when it comes Dln......'ltItW.llIrrlSlo"......-a.. ness5tucly of the area l.sC{lmpleted. . to water resources are making determl- CRAIG _ In Tennessee, It was Ute One of the proposed dam sites on the natlons about the Yampa, board secre- snail darter.,ln northwest Colorado,' It's Vampa, at Juniper Mountain, has been tary.engineer Roland C. t'ischer de- the squawflsJ"~ excluded from the wUderness study. But dared. The snall~arter stopped construction the oUter site, at Cross Mountain, sWl is . liE CHALLENGED what Parks Ser. ~n a nearIylflnlshed mult1mllllon-doUar under consideratlon. Both sites are west \1ce spokesmen referred to as "facts" 10 "~~he squa';"f1sh is one factor In a ~d- of Craig. the prellmlnary draft report tssued to Ing decl~onlhat C{lwd prevent construe- TilE BOARD lntends to ask state BL..\I June. tion of two dams on the Vamps Rlver. Dlrector Dale Andrus to expedite the Donald Bock, leader of the study team "And you can't even eat the daItm Cross Mountain study, so that a declsl.on working on the Vamps (and Green rov- things;' one d1sgrunUed backer of the can be reached before the penntt explres er) study, did his best to defend Ute re- proposed dams said at a board meeting on Jan. 31, 1980. The board apparently be- port. But he didn't make much headway of the Colorado River Water Consenia- lieves Cra!! Mountain will be excluded with either board members or the audi. tlon Dl<rtrlct In CraIg Saturday. from wUdemess designation, ence, comprised largely of representa- TilE DISTRICT _ and before It other However, the BLM issue seems minor UvfS of local political districts and water organizations and mdivtdual.'1 _ has been ct'lmpared with the flap which has devel- and agr1culturalmterests. pushing for construction of the dams for oped as a result of another federal study The board voted unanimously to op- )'ears. bemg conducted by the National Park pose destgnatlon of the Vampa as a wild It was granted a three.year prelim1. Service. and scenic rtver if such action would nary permit on t'eb. t, 1m. by the old Saturday's m~Ung in Craig turood block ct'lnstruction of the dams. t'ederal Power Commlsslon (FPC) to Into a confrontation betw~n the board Earlier, 'at a meeting tn Rangely Frt. conduct studies preparatory to obtaining and the Park Service, whose prellmlnary day, the board ...oted to continue work on a license for project construction. So report recommends designation' of see- the proposed Rangely Reservoir on the time 15 of the essence. Uons ot the Yampa as components of the WhIte River. That 15 why the board was dismayed Nat\onal Wild and Scenic Rivers System. T\\'o tentative dam sites are under when It was told by Marvin Pearson, dI. If that action Is taken by Congress, the study, one at Taylor Draw and one at 'or of Ute DLstrtct 9 oUlce of the teder- dams will be foreclosed. Woll Creek. both upstream from Range. .... 8ureau of Land Management, that It SOme people who "don't know I ly. The former site is presently in favor. Suspect Arrested in Threat A 89.year-old Denver man was arrested and jailed early saturday for Investigation of (elony menactng af- ter he was accused of threatenlng to kiD a woman with a hunting knife, pollce said. The man was ldentlfled as Jackie M. Sparks, 4661 w. Short Place. Patrolman Andre Tromp said the victim told him she met the man at the New Yorker Bar. East Colfax Ave- ,ue and York Street, and that they went to another bar, "ere she later wed him to take her to an after-hours council for approvaJ 0111 :te~ Leo Cone, veteran financial the City Council. called the budget "the Ughtest we've ~ yet." He also noted that things much worse if Congres." doesn't year to continue the revenue-sha, gram. I Cone concedes the mayor b jw his criticism of the state Legista not giving Denver the money it de. But Cone and several COWlCU m. maintain the mayor would have a-) o o <::> <::> w ,." Judge-SeiEr Contlnu.d from page 3. pressure from prorrunent members 01 Democratic Party. Greeley Democrat Kf'n Monfort t\ the committee he attended a $500-a.cI pIe cocktail party at which several IX' pIe had expressed support for the Oem craUc nominee for the judgeship. But Monfort denied under oath thaI anyone knew Lamm already had made a" chOIce for the judgeship. Besides, Mon. \ fort and other wltne!lses reminded the committee, the Constitution In~ s out no lru.trucUons as to how the governor Is to " choose from amonK the two or thrC(' nommPes sent to him by the selection commisSions. The commtttee asked'several wltness. n- es whether they thought It was proper for the governor to discuss ap~'!1tmen~ r fashion ltG' IT'S LEATHER WEEK I SAVE ON SELECTED she told Tromp, the man pulled the long. ld told her he was golng to kill her. She en drove her to Commerce City where . - - -"'~----'-"""'- ...... -- - '" -