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<br />THREE SECTIONS AND A SUPPLEMENT, <br />TRADE AREA EDITION <br /> <br />FRIDA Y <br /> <br />NINETY.SEVENTH YEAR NUMBER 36 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />FRIDAY, AUGUST 2', 1-9B. <br /> <br />THREE SECTIONS, 38 PAGES <br /> <br />Darn dedication tornorro'N <br /> <br /> <br />LaM Dome <br />R04d <br /> <br />]I <br /> <br />BYBYRONMCXELVIE <br />One of the moat significant <br />celebrations in Mootezwna and Dolorel!ll <br />County area blslory wtll take place <br />tomorrow when dedication ceremonies <br />are beld I... the newly.bullt McPhee <br />Dam, keyotone of the f400 miIllon <br />Dol..... River Project. <br />McPhee Dam, located about nlne <br />miles downriver from the Town of <br />Dolores. will store water for the huge <br />project, whicb will provide new <br />Irr!gaUoo I... the Ule Mountaln Ule <br />Tribe and the drylands, supplement the <br />suppIle& of the Montezwna Valley <br />Irrigation Co., and provide water for <br />Cortez, Dove Creek and TowaGe. <br />Loc8I, regional, stale and naUonal <br />flgures wtll be 00 hand to note the <br />sIgnlflcance of compleUoo of the dam, a <br />symbol that dreams of nearly a century <br /> <br />are actually well onto their way to <br />becoming realities. <br />Sponsored by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation, Dolores Water Con- <br />servancy District and the Ute MOWltatn <br />Ute Tribe. the ceremonies wID be held <br />SEE SPECIAL SOUVENIR <br />McPHEE DAM EUITrON <br />IN THI8ISSUE <br />tomorrow at 11 8.m. in a field downriver <br />fromMcPbee Dam (see map). <br />Keynote speaker at the event will be <br />U.s. Rep. Ray Kogovaek of Colorado's <br />ThlrdC_IOII8IDlstrlcl, <br />Master of ceremonies will be Dr. Dave <br />IIerrIck, vice-president of the Dolores <br />Water Conservancy Dl8trict. <br />Presentation of the colots will be <br />given by the 928ih Medical Company 01 <br />the Colorado National Guard, stationed <br />In Cortez. Gino LeonetU of Dolores wtll <br /> <br />sing the National Anthem. Invocation <br />wtll be by Norman Lopez of the Ule <br />Mountain Ule TrIbe, <br />Walcomlng the visitors wtll be water <br />district PresIdent Bruce McAfee. <br />other speakers wtll be Ule TrIbe <br />Chaiman Ernest House; Ray Atkinson <br />of the Guy F. A_ Construction Co.; <br />Colorado U. Governor Nancy Dick; <br />Clifford t. Barrett. Director of the Upper <br />Colorado Region, Bureau of <br />Reclamation; Reclamation Com. <br />missioner Robert Olson; and Robert N. <br />Broadbent, assistant secretary, Water <br />andScleoce, Department of the Interior. <br />Entertainment will be provided by the <br />Norman Lopez Indian Dancers and the <br />Colorado CuredBand. <br />Following the dedication. a lunch will <br />be servedata nominal feet at the site. <br />McPhee Dam tours will be provided <br />by the Bureau ofReclamtion. <br /> <br />CORTEZ, COLORADO 81321 (US, <br />