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Please see rnwukq .k • - <br />, ► _ at <br />I unns <br />ma get <br />kayak <br />course <br />Construction on <br />whitewater park <br />could begin l f aJI <br />By Anthony Lane <br />For the Camera <br />Kayakers and tubers may <br />soon have another Fr Rmay <br />whitewater option if p <br />river park in the town of Lyons <br />are approved. <br />Construction of the _ park <br />could begin as early as next fall <br />an d would require the move- <br />ment of tons of boulders to a <br />1,200 -foot stretch of the North <br />St. Vrain Rive t <br />Gary Lacy he park's design - <br />, <br />er, also designed the whitewa- <br />ter parks built in Boulder <br />and <br />Golden. He said the po ols <br />drops to be added in the Lyons <br />p will benefit fish an oher <br />wildlife living <br />they provide excitement to hu- <br />mans floating down it. <br />"Our aim is to mimic nature, <br />Lacy said. Construction of the <br />p will undo some of the <br />damage humans caused to the <br />river as vegetation was re- <br />moved from river banks and <br />water was forced into an un- <br />natural channel, he said. <br />The project faces two re <br />maining obstacles. Lyons must <br />First, the town of <br />ermission to alter the <br />"ae Kwon Do World Championships this year in Rimini, 1 auy, <br />o mpetitions. <br />w d <br />• <br />Tomas- compethig <br />' event <br />_Mpionshlp <br />u can International Te Xwon Do <br />o Federation organiz ears. <br />events every two Y <br />of 22 Although McCord did not <br />by plac- bring home a medal in 1999, <br />:) eteted i n she expe anh s knows what to <br />more prepared <br />ped n <br />)nship, this time around. Nic Bruin <br />999. The met an assistant instructor <br />CU's International Tae Kwon <br />Do Club and one of Erin's <br />coaches,agrees. <br />"She has been working very <br />hard to get herself to the level <br />she is at," Brummell said. <br />"She has great potential to do <br />very well at this tournament" <br />McCord will be competing <br />in the women's microweight <br />sparring competition, as well <br />as in tae kwon do patterns for <br />it Please see BOULDER on 7B <br />; �- 4- �.,.r,.�� -- •ter > <br />Im <br />A <br />receive p <br />river from the U.S. Army Cor <br />1 <br />of Engineers. The corp <br />consider comments received <br />by July 21 from anyone inter- <br />ested in the project, and then <br />will make a decision. project needs <br />Second, the <br />funding. Arn Hayden, a Lyons <br />resident who has been coordi- <br />nating the effort to get the park <br />built, said work on the aver <br />Please see LYONS on 7B <br />