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<br />003280 <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT ALL OF US IN THE <br />WATER COMMUNITY. <br /> <br />RIVER MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />FEW OF YOU WOULD NOT BE A,qARE THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME HIGH WATER <br /> <br /> <br />IN THE COLORADO. ONCE AGAIN, THE GREAT RIVER HAS DEMONSTRATED <br /> <br /> <br />ITS GREATNESS. <br /> <br />BACK IN WASHINGTON, WE HEARD ABOUT A MAN STANDING IN THE FLOOD <br /> <br /> <br />PLAIN IN WATER UP TO HIS KNEES. THE OPERATOR OF A PASSING BOAT <br /> <br /> <br />OFFERED HIM A LIFT. "NO, I HAVE FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY," THE MAN <br /> <br /> <br />REPLIED. "THE RIVER WILL GO DOlvN." THE NEXT DAY, THE MAN WAS <br /> <br /> <br />STILL IN THE RIVER, WITH TUE WATER NOW UP TO HIS WAIST. THE <br /> <br /> <br />OPERATOR OF A SECOND BOAT ADVISED, "BETTER COME ABOARD." "NO," <br /> <br /> <br />THE MAN REPLIED. "I HAVE FAITH. THE RIVER WILL GO DOWN." ON THE <br /> <br /> <br />THIRD DAY, WATER WAS SWIRLING AROUND HIS NECK. AGAIN THE BOAT <br /> <br /> <br />AND THE PLEA TO COME ABOARD. "NO," THE MAN REPLIED. "I HAVE <br /> <br /> <br />FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY. THE RIVER WILL GO DOWN." EVEN AS HE <br /> <br /> <br />SPOKE, THE WATER LEVEL ROSE ABOVE HIS HEAD, AND HE DROWNED. <br /> <br /> <br />PASSING THROUGH THE PEARLY GATES, OUR UPSET HERO TURNED TO ST. <br /> <br /> <br />PETER AND COMPLAINED BITTERLY THAT, IN SPITE OF HIS FAITH, NO <br /> <br /> <br />HELP WAS GIVEN TO HIM. ST. PETER IN CALM SURPRISE REPLIED, "HOW <br /> <br /> <br />CAN YOU SAY THAT? WE SENT YOU A BOAT THREE TIMESl" <br /> <br />SOLUTIONS, I SUPPOSE, ARE NOT ALWAYS WHERE YOU EXPECT THEM. WE <br />HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE COLORADO FOR MANY YEARS ACCORDING TO <br /> <br />C-14 <br />