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<br />chcnpcr," ~he snid.
<br />The closure of scvcml !<llon.'s sm:h
<br />as Slng.e in the Greelc:y Mnll. cnd-of-
<br />yenr hargnim: tmd hml wcnthcr could
<br />also tlfrcet the figures. Butler said.
<br />"We've hnd a IOl of cold \\'ctlthcr.
<br />snowy. icy days," he ndded,
<br />This ma)' further affect the folks
<br />who drive from fort Mor~lIn. Ster-
<br />ling llnd Brush 10 lIhop. SUlier tlddcd.
<br />Weld's decrease may seem de.
<br />pressing. compared with the 59 per.
<br />cent first-quarter incrtnsc experi-
<br />enced by Douglas COUnlY. But Sus:m
<br />Conwell. analvst with the s't:lIe rev-
<br />enue department. said there is no
<br />need to wom'.
<br />The IC3p in Douglas is spurred by
<br />growth tit the Cmalc Rock omlct mall.
<br />a lower basic sales tax rme and the
<br />opening of Park :-.-te.ldows Mall and
<br />sevenll other new n:1;\il nl!tICIs.
<br />"Thc\"\,c becn bl.\stinl.! c\'crvbodv
<br />out of'the wnter:' Conwell' said.
<br />"Doug.lns,ha~ been growing by lenps
<br />and bounds:'
<br />Althtllll!h the Weld licun::s show a
<br />slic.ht del.:~line. some Greelev hu~i-
<br />ne~ses tell a different tale. '
<br />"'Vc'\,c ,",cen \'cry. wry plcm:ed.
<br />We hll\'c not seen l\ drop:' $nid Jnne
<br />Anderson. JC Penncy store manager,
<br />\Vomen's. men's nnd children's
<br />clothing sales have been the
<br />strongest, ffi"king up for n. slight drop
<br />in the homc. luggnge nnd jewelry de-
<br />panmenls.
<br />Target also has had n good year so
<br />far, especially in sporting good~ and
<br />spring plant sales. said store munng-
<br />er Mike Rubringer.
<br />Butler said the til!ures net:d to he
<br />considered o\'er a 1nnger period:
<br />"You h::.\'c 10 look. at a ycar tu gct
<br />a real trend. ... If it is a trend thut con-
<br />tinues. then we'd need to look at it. At
<br />this point, I'm not overly alarmed.
<br />We should be concerned. bUl alsC'
<br />look at the o\'emll hig picture:'.
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<br />POSTAL
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<br />dcwlopmenl. particulltrly on the west
<br />side.
<br />The new huildirg will become the
<br />city's main pl.)st ortice nnd serve the
<br />8063~ ZIPcooc. The downtown post
<br />office :\t9:::~ 11th A\'e. will remain
<br />open and servc the R063 I ZIP code,
<br />nc~SarTo ..:lid r.rf'{'l,'v'( n,'w Pn"lal
<br />Store will he the tlr:-.I illCollll'lIl.lo out.
<br />side oflhe Denver metro areu.ln fllct.
<br />he added, there are_ only 500 such.
<br />stores in the United Sl:ttc!!. nnll'40,OOO .
<br />regular post offices. .1
<br />.'\Ve have only put them in select
<br />arca~ Ihllt we think offer significant
<br />growth :ll1d where there is a 101 of
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<br />PASCUAL VILLA
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<br />he \\Ill' :?J Iw walkinc ,leros", Ihe
<br />hm"tkr into "fe.x;.!s, There he would
<br />wtllk hard lahnr. mb..: a f;unilv and,
<br />,lhtlUI '::0 vc;tr..lal.:r. would l!O north.
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<br />repair nll this mess," Becker said.
<br />Jim Wirshtlorn, meteorologist lit
<br />Mount<lin Stnte.~ Weather Services in
<br />Fort Collins. said some hope;s on the
<br />horizon: The wel weather pllllem is
<br />changin{!.
<br />"We' II :'<till have a 40 percenl
<br />ch;l1lce of thunden;torms this after-
<br />noon and evening, but then wc'lI see
<br />:1 warming trend sUlrt Tuesday with
<br />only scatlered thunderstorms and
<br />showe~ the remainder of the week,"
<br />hc said.
<br />At the Colorado Speedway, no
<br />racingevcnts were scheduled Sunday
<br />and no one was injured. .
<br />Schillinger said vi~'Jally anything
<br />thal wasn't uuached securely to the'
<br />ground was damaged. A service shed
<br />was demolished.
<br />"It looked like somebody took a
<br />Chain snw nnd went right through the
<br />, middle or the shed," Schillinger said.
<br />Se\'eral other smaller buildings, in-
<br />cluding portable toilets and conces-
<br />sion slands. were moved 610 60 feet.
<br />"We had two big horse tanks th:1t
<br />we keep ice OInd beer in that were
<br />tOssed probably 200 Y:\rds," he said.
<br />A l.:ouple of seats in the grandstOlnds
<br />were dama~ed.
<br />"I've gat :t feeling one of those
<br />tanks got up in the stand~ and did
<br />that:' Schillin~er said.
<br />Racing., though. is scheduled to go
<br />on as usual Saturday evening.
<br />"We'll take n couple of days to get
<br />things cleaned up, and we'lI be ready
<br />10 go:' he said.
<br />The tomndo was reportedly on the
<br />ground for several minutes nnd
<br />seemed to hover near the racetrack.
<br />witnesses said.
<br />"It h;.!d a rat lail, reai lhin. but it
<br />was thick at the top:' said Randy Her.
<br />fado of Northglenn, who witnessed
<br />Ihe lornado as he drove to visit rela-
<br />';'.'cs in nearbv Firestone. "It was
<br />. ., .,Ind for a while, probably there .for
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<br />sld6 of HoIyoIce dunng the night.
<br />Winckler said.
<br />'Within 45 minutes there was
<br />100 to 200 people out bagging
<br />sand end helping people bag
<br />their residences," he said.
<br />"It's as bad as I've ever seen,
<br />and I've been here for 61 years,"
<br />said Bob Trumper of the Trumper
<br />Insurance Agency In Holyoke.
<br />''There are creeks running fnto
<br />the Frenchman that I've never
<br />seen run before."
<br />Trumper spent Sunday invesfi..
<br />gating claims in houses along the
<br />creek, which receded Sunday.
<br />Most of the damage was from
<br />water.frlled basements. he said.
<br />All the roads In and out of
<br />Holyoke and Amherstlo the
<br />northeast were closed Sunday
<br />morning, but by sundown all had
<br />been reopened except Colo. 23
<br />that runs from Holyoke through
<br />Amhurst to the Nebraska border.
<br />Sheriff's dispatcher Val Daniel.
<br />son said several county roads
<br />were washed out.
<br />By Sunday night, the creek
<br />had fallen five or six feel, Wind<-
<br />lersaid,
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<br />HEAVY RAIN HAMMERS HOLYOKE
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<br />But after the visit, as they drove
<br />north, crossing the border back into
<br />America, Pascual repe:lted himself.
<br />'" am home again."
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<br />'., ,..' column t/bout Weld
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<br />posla! businC'ss:' DeSarro !'\aid about three ye>lrs ago near Speer Boulevard
<br />Ihe Postal Stores. and Broudwny, sells everything from
<br />Julie Joy-Rodriguez, manager of stamps.to T-shirts to collectible post
<br />the Mile High Stntion Postal Store office items.
<br />just south of downtown Denver. said "We sell different items other than
<br />eu~tomers have embraced the store: the lrnditional post offices do:' Joy.
<br />"They Ic"t\'c ;1. They think ;t's great Rodriguez said. She udded that most
<br />"':>Clllf~',' th~~, c:!n C0r-W in ::nd t:1r.e pest offices c;lon't h~\'e the ::p::e~ to
<br />their lime. They don't have the pres- display merchandise.
<br />surl.! of someone standin!; in line be- The new Postal Stores al!!.o have
<br />. hind them:' i ~.iiiili self.serv~cssoriirs thap
<br />. . PO!it office stnff illsl1likc Ihe stotc~~lonnl pOst &i'ffli.s;.OeSatro said.
<br />,bceaus~ it removes lradilionlll.~arri. -.,..Foi:~.e,xnmple.;:I!lll1tD>>lb~_ be. pur:-
<br />ers bel ween workers and customers chased from vending machines and
<br />and allows more inlefllction, she said. scales are available for the public to
<br />Mile Hi!;h SWtion. opened nearly weigh paCkages.
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<br />. A S.to-a-Inch rain before
<br />dawn on Sunday prompted
<br />Frenchman and WlIdhorse
<br />creeks to jump theIr banks In
<br />Phillips County and damaged
<br />nearly 30 homes in the Holyoke
<br />area.
<br />Holyoke is about 60 miles east
<br />of Slerllng near the Colorado-Ne.
<br />braska border.
<br />Police Chief Barry Winckler
<br />said about 12 houses were dam-
<br />aged by high waters in northeast
<br />.. Holyoke while Red Cross per-
<br />sonnel told him they estimated a
<br />total of 28 homes were damaged
<br />by high water in the county,
<br />Three teenage girts stalled
<br />their car in high water across a
<br />county road and the 'Car was in
<br />danger of being swept off the
<br />road when Holyoke policeman
<br />Brad Hanson and truck driver
<br />Mike GOf'INitz used a diesel truck
<br />tractor to rescue them, the chief
<br />saId.
<br />'" thought that was a little
<br />above the call of". duty, the chief
<br />said.
<br />''The whole lown just pulled to-
<br />gether" aner the heavy rain and
<br />high water struck the northeast
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<br />a good five minutes."
<br />The ~trong stonn cell stalled over
<br />southwestern Weld,dumpingupto 1~
<br />inch-sized hail and nearly 2 inches of
<br />rain an hour. About three other fun~
<br />lid clouus were' reported in the Da-
<br />cono lln4 Firestone area.at about 3:25
<br />p.m.
<br />"We spoiled a few funnel clouds
<br />right over the police department,"
<br />Daco~~ police offic~r Kelley Tal1~
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<br />man .~aid. '1"hey came down and
<br />went right back up."
<br />Dacono police chief Tom Davis
<br />s~id much of the Tri.Town area re.
<br />eeived heavy rain and marble-sized
<br />. hail. No iocaJ flooding was reponed
<br />by police or Weld CouJuy Sherirrs
<br />deputies.
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<br />PROG!lAM,
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<br />Associated Press contributed to
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<br />Sum1l1
<br />Save 20
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<br />Vi1!;llook Pascuill b;ick to his home
<br />COllnll'V, to the littlc \'illal!c in in
<br />l.:cnlrai Mc.'(ico. near Ihe place he
<br />was bMn :11 Hacienda de r .0WlIoS.
<br />llhe lHune of Lo\'alos) for whom
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