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The Pueblo Chieftain Online Friday wysiwyg: //43 /http: / /www. chieftain. com /monday /news /display.php3 ?article =8 <br />f OUT <br />132nd year... and still on the job. <br />Make The Pueblo Chieftain Online your Homelme. <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 />Sports <br />Business <br />Lifestyle <br />Editorial <br />Classified <br />Daily Crossword <br />Comics <br />TV Listings <br />Weather <br />RECENT ISSUES: <br />Monda <br />Tuesday <br />Wednesday <br />Thursday <br />Friday <br />Saturday <br />Sunda <br />ABOUT PUEBLO: <br />Business Directory <br />City Guide <br />Chamber of <br />Commerce <br />Riverwalk <br />Pueblo Convention <br />Center <br />*New *Virtual 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 />AMi- V­ <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />Residents rebuild homes, <br />community <br />By JAMES AMOS <br />The Pueblo Chieftain <br />LA JUNTA - Twanna Brisendine is back cutting hair in her <br />styling salon. <br />Nettie Roman has returned to working in her front yard, <br />weeding the irises that last year's flooding couldn't kill. <br />It's been a long year for North La Junta residents such as <br />Brisendine and Roman, who were washed out by the May <br />1, 1999 flood. <br />The trespassing Arkansas River forced the evacuation of <br />several hundred North La Junta residents and damaged <br />about 270 homes and businesses in North La Junta and <br />La Junta itself. Flood waters also caused more minor <br />problems near Manzanola and Rocky Ford. <br />Both the Brisendine and Roman homes were ruined <br />beyond repair and filled with sewage- tainted muck. <br />Brisendine's attached salon was wrecked, too, putting her <br />out of business for a year. <br />"At first, you're just shell- shocked," she said of the <br />experience. <br />Now, they're back home, mostly. <br />Brisendine still has some work to do on her new modular <br />home /shop before she can move in for good. Across the <br />street, the Lantz family is getting ready to move back <br />home, too, having lived away from their house for a year. <br />"I'm a happy camper," Mrs. Lantz said. <br />Brisendine said she never really thought about doing <br />anything but rebuilding here. In the past year, she's lived <br />with friends in La Junta, Cheraw and Rocky Ford while <br />waiting for her house to be rebuilt. <br />"I already had my land, my horses and I had my business <br />47 <br />�k <br />M 0 V I � E Q U1 E TTm <br />TVQUEST <br />MR <br />1 of 5 5/5/00 4:25 PM <br />