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<br />Mud slide's moving, but it's no bell-ringefb,,->
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<br />By UnltedPr_lrrternMoOn,1 cerned a rapid movement mIght
<br />DE Bf:QUE - A mile-and.a.half dam Roan Creek and cause nood.
<br />mountain of mud moved Imperce~ ing,
<br />tibly Sunday, cleanng sagebrush The Brackett's house is tin the
<br />with loud snaps but otherwise al" north side of the creek and about
<br />lowing Todd and Tracy Brackett to 400 feet away from the slide, which
<br />spend a, peaceful day at thetr is on the other Side of the creek.
<br />downslope ranchhouse. Early last week, the mud was ad.
<br />The huge mass that was once vancing at the rate of 40 feet per
<br />the entire north face of 9,OOO-foot day.
<br />Kimball Mountain ill one of dOlens "You really can't see it moving.
<br />of slides in the mountains of Cola- The only way you know it's moving
<br />rado worrying authorities. Near is you can hear the sagebrush
<br />Minturn, two smaller slides are cracking," Kistner said.
<br />pOIsed above 11 homes. He was still fearful with the on-
<br />State and Garfield County oHi- set of the wet cycle.
<br />dais said they did not hear from "The !IOU in this area of Colorado
<br />the Brackett8 that the huge mass is bullding up with high prectpila-
<br />near De 8eque had advanced as lion. The ground water is actually
<br />far as an early warning tr1pwire rising, and the wet cycle is upon
<br />that was installed f'rtday. A bell us. With these geologic factors,
<br />would ring 00 their house if the there occurs slumping. With this
<br />mud broke the wire. De Beque case, we're real lucky it
<br />"I was there yesterday (Sall.lr- wasn't In II melropolitan Str""a. The
<br />day) and the young t"ouple was whOle SIde of the moun\am feU
<br />fine. They woulli call me If It start. nff," he said.
<br />ed moving again," fiald Rohert II .lh n R Ud filled
<br />Kistner, wtlh thl! male's office of e &8111 e ., eque t\ e
<br />a 100-fool dt:ep ravine that came
<br />Disaster fo:mergeocy Preparedne&i off the mountain into Roan Creek..
<br />In Den\'er.
<br />The isolaled site of the allde, "My ca!l"ulalor won't go far
<br />which Is "bl~ger that the one that enough IAltel! you how many cubIC
<br />wiped out Thb1le, Utah, last year," feet LS inVOlved," he said,
<br />is 20 miles west.northwest of the Near Mmturn, a tnpwlfe has
<br />We~tern Slope town of De Beque been installed to warn the 11 house--
<br />on Roan Creek. holds of a repeat of the t984 slides
<br />Other than the Brackett's house. - in which mud came into their
<br />which is leased from Texaco Inc.. homes. Kistner said there is about
<br />no other property is threatened. 50,000 cubic yards of mud and
<br />Kistner said. Authorities are con" debris in two heaps above the
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<br />Jo/'tnColton
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<br />Todd and Tracy Brackett spent a peaceful day Sunday.
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<br />homes on the 6O-degree slope. "We've got slides all over the
<br />"That one rolled last year. This state. We've got 20 to 25 in Garfield
<br />year it's all's slickened up and County. The soU Is just very unsLa.
<br />ready to go," he said ble right now," he said.
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<br />Budget frustrations drive Pitkin official to quit
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<br />By P.ul. M.... Anderson
<br />Speocl'lto Th, o.n_ p,*
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<br />1a...1wt>ck.
<br />Kinsley said the board has bef>n
<br />forero to layoff 12 employees
<br />smce the first of the year and to
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<br />d('nts who are. as he put It, "barely
<br />makingil"
<br />The proposed lncrease would
<br />have raised property taxes tipprox.
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<br />"Th~y. (the voters) e\"ldently
<br />weren t mtt'Testt"d m bellenng the
<br />counly." said Kinsley, alMmg that
<br />he could not justify continuing to
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<br />Springs
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<br />By Jim Gibney
<br />SpeelllltoTheDenverPosl:
<br />COI.ORADO SPRINGS
<br />local economy would feel tl
<br />of the $500 million military
<br />prob'Tam from the Conso'
<br />Space Operations Center,
<br />wouldn't be denstated b)
<br />Colorado Springs Chamber 0
<br />merre official said.
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<br />1I igMech linns already ir
<br />and those to come are mosl
<br />ested in getting govemmer
<br />tracts for buildmg the Sl
<br />communications systems I
<br />to control satellites, the CI
<br />other miSSion, said Jim [
<br />vice president of the thai
<br />gconomic Development Cou
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<br />"Technology for satellite I
<br />is just emerging, while shutt
<br />trol is pretty much proven tE
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<br />Lottery's
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<br />By Diana y, Croon
<br />o.n.....PotltSIt"Wnl.r
<br />The big money eluded I
<br />hopeful fmalists who tned to
<br />the $1.67 million Colorado L
<br />grand prize Sunday.
<br />Next Sunday's grand pr1l
<br />be worth $1.89 mUllan.
<br />Still, there were some
<br />people after the weekend drl
<br />includlng the Broomfield mel
<br />who won $25.000, Sunday'
<br />pnze.
<br />l.uck was With I.yle WakE
<br />his spin landed momentarily
<br />$10,000 slot before stoppil
<br />$2.1.000.
<br />"We're gomg to visit our I
<br />l('r Amy and her family In C
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