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The Pueblo Chieftain Online I Friday wysiwyg://12 /http: / /www. chieftain. corn/friday /news /display.php3 ?article =6 <br />. b <br />132nd year... and still on the job. <br />Make The Pueblo Chieftain Online your Homepaoe. <br />Weather ADVERTISEMENT <br />Current Temp: 91 <br />Extended Forecast <br />Today's Date <br />May 05, 2000 <br />Click Here to search <br />The Pueblo Chieftain <br />DEPARTMENTS: <br />News <br />worts <br />Business <br />Lifestyle <br />Editorial <br />Classified <br />Daily Crossword <br />Comics <br />TV Listings <br />Weather <br />RECENT ISSUES: <br />Monday <br />Tuesday <br />Wednesday <br />Thursday <br />Friday <br />Saturday <br />Sunday <br />ABOUT PUEBLO: <br />Business Directory <br />City Guide <br />Chamber of <br />Commerce <br />Riverwalk <br />Pueblo Convention <br />Center <br />*New *Virtuai Tours <br />SERVICES: <br />Contact Us <br />Subscribe <br />Advertising& <br />Web Development <br />Coupons <br />Active Channel <br />About this site <br />Career <br />Opportunities <br />EVENTS & <br />ACTIVITIES: <br />State Fair <br />An +ivc V-<,a <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />Ila! <br />Leon J. Skotek (left) and Paul Skotek (middle) asks fellow angler Mark <br />Frazier to sign a petition opposing the trade of Lake Meredith. 7 <br />Free access to Lake Meredith <br />defended <br />By JAMES AMOS <br />The Pueblo Chieftain <br />ORDWAY - A group of area anglers wants to stop the <br />MOVIEQUESrm <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife from trading away the only free <br />access for boats to Lake Meredith. <br />Leon J. Skotek of La Junta has gathered about 200 <br />signatures on a petition opposing the trade, which he plans <br />I VQUE5T <br />to submit to the state's Department of Natural Resources. <br />The trade would involve the Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />-5 <br />swapping the Lake Meredith State Wildlife Area to Aurora <br />for land the city owns along the Arkansas River. <br />The trade, which has not been formally proposed yet, is part <br />a1ttttlit` <br />of a plan by Crowley County officials to develop Meredith <br />and Lake Henry into recreation areas that will attract <br />�e <br />Front -Range boaters, jet- skiers and water - skiers. <br />+IMF, <br />County commissioners leased Meredith's recreation rights`r <br />this year and plan to charge admission to the lakes while <br />developing them with better restrooms, camp sites and a <br />trail system.Ez <br />";fie <br />lip <br />Pi it Knot orr,+eec nn I nlee Unmrlith oluinve hoe Keen free <br />of 3 5/5/00 4:04 PM <br />