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<br />Parts of Weld get more rain
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<br />Friday, August 1, 1997
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<br />Some i<oolaled 3fC'OlS (If nonn- in R>n Collins.
<br />C:-3~ W.ld COUnlV :md nonhwo.t -We-re mo.ing Nck imo SOft
<br />Log.:mCOOntYSolc\o!;cIO:! il1l,:h_ of3 ~lt()l"OTl:lJ"eallw:Tp:ltlem.
<br />~ of ~c:::~~::! :;:::: TI::::':".-!.:::.y ::!:!:o-..l&:!: :!,:;:~= :-. ~t:!! y!:::::y of
<br />nening. bul the: threat for h('a~.y mohlun:: in the air. With .....armer
<br />Rr:linsisdjm;n~1tinlt."" - ~f<:rnp<.'r:llllfes(inlheoppcr80s,lnJ"
<br />..\ f1:bh no..-ld w.Yr.in!; W3S P'-~t. low 90>.) '>OIJ\<.' ~\cre. l<>calized
<br />fit Thursday ni!;hl for ca..tcm thun..krslontl,; c(>U/J dc,'clop over
<br />Weld. western Logan. but [here the u..cdcnd.
<br />were It<) reports of further da~e llm~ could prOOuce brief
<br />from Rooding thai has plagued b(':l\'Y rains :md (,-eft some ~l.-
<br />thai ;uea sinee mid ",<<k. said Jim \\'in.hl.urn ~jd.
<br />Win.ht>om. lTIelcmologbl al
<br />~10lJnlainSl;.I.1esWe:llher&n'ices - StaHRspofts
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<br />Fairgoers can leave donations
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<br />Visil~ to the Weld Coumv'
<br />Fair may help flood "ktims in Fon
<br />CollinsandSlerling.
<br />Th=.::gh;, ~q\:"'~ of:hc G:,:c.
<br />kyJaycCc:s.l...-o!argccOIIlaincrs
<br />'ha,.c been sc:t Iolp in Ihe Exhibition
<br />Baildhtg and ~.H Buikling and
<br />c;u.hdon~ionsarebcing:tCccpkd
<br />. at the: kadersfood booth in the~-
<br />H BUlldin~, said Carol Sdmeidc:r.
<br />4.ti coordinator with the: Weld
<br />COlHtty Coopcr.tli\"c:E:l:tclIsKm of-
<br />fice.
<br />Persunscominll:lothefairalJs.
<br />laud 00,.c Region:!1 P2I'k nuy
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<br />dmp the following !tcrns in one of _
<br />thctwocomonn.::rs;
<br />. ;..;"onpcrisrnlbk fooditcnlS,
<br />=PefjOT,;;;::'ygier.ciIeitls.
<br />.&Ib).'food.Jiapnarodcbbing.. .
<br />Donalions ,",,~ll'b.: accepled
<br />thnMlclloullhis\\"eekerid and.until
<br />the. -fair concludes Tue1d:l.y
<br />evening. Also.-dOllll!ions for me
<br />Fort Collifls dClimS m;J;y be nl3de
<br />al boih Fir<:! Nalion:!1 Bank' of
<br />Gree-!.:y althe ~Iey Mall and at
<br />4290 IQI;h SI.:IS wen :IS the Ce>!.
<br />or.odoN;Jliooal B:mk,J696I01hSL
<br />-Sfalf_
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<br />. FAIR~__~__.__",~,~___
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<br />pion .Iccr :md market 13mb wilt be
<br />c-hO$CnSaltlrd:l\":t~ma,*ctswil'le
<br />.,- willbc namcdsOmctimeSllnday a(-
<br />':'lemoon. ,This evening. IRe open
<br />timed ~.,m,.....' is S<.iledukd in lbe
<br />;uena:uhland Gro.e~al Parle
<br />Ein3rson'SjobThursda).:tff.fflloOA..;
<br />....a. judging the food F~.3tio~
<br />C:llegory. ~r,-ebeenjudgingfOrye"';-~
<br />anJn::altyenjoyit.but.usu:tllyldoin.
<br />tc:n-iew jud~g .....i:hthe4-Hlids
<br />"'-ben 1 :gettotalk.1O them:Wool their
<br />projeas..Hefe IjuSl ~ and look, so
<br />.i(SIl Jillkdif!crelll.-oJJe said.
<br />Injudging,thcprescr.-oofruksand
<br />\:c!-eubks. &larson s:Bdshe.look~
<br />r..>rlheappe:ar.mcemthefoodilCmin.
<br />eluding the co1or.how mUl;h liquid in
<br />rel.:l.liOR lOsolid product was-included
<br />andthemclhodu~bytheprescrwr.
<br />AltbeOlherendofl~4.-H Build.
<br />ing.Don Oberbeck of Boul<kt ,",,'as '.
<br />judt:-i::g upt:u pilUt...~rliti!.y ~xhj.biIS
<br />in lhefinc .ans dcpanmcllt. Ober.
<br />. bed. "'00 O....IlS aphol.oschool3ml
<br />s!ooiotn Bouldcrand teaches poo..
<br />1Of:r.lphy for the cit)' of BouWer and
<br />.;l1ll1e Uni~.ersily ofCoIoraJo. 'said
<br />tbis .....asthe fir!it limc he had been
<br />i\'>kedtojudge a fair~'
<br />~:L~u1~c.J fairs and 1
<br />h3d a ~ tfmc today.- Oberb..-l,;k
<br />said.
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<br />1 volunteered to jOdge
<br />some other things -:1
<br />wanted to go ov-erand
<br />do the coo./UP.s -but
<br />{hey said they had that
<br />part .covered. . .
<br />- Don Oberbeck
<br />photography judge
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<br />0bert>eCk.said he..:njOyed-allthree
<br />di-o..isiooS;. panictlIW)' photos oflb.:
<br />. COIn<,."t HaJc..Bupp. one of a cbildOll
<br />II slide and a prof~OIl:d portrait,
<br />-I ....-ould OO\'e ken s.al.i~fred .~oilh
<br />theprok.~,ion;"Jpktun:ifl-hadshol:it
<br />my~lf. 11 was\CQ' ""-clldone~nhesaid
<br />Do....-ner ~id tbere '-were Mlme
<br />j;fCatph<<osandil....:lS'.Cl).h:mJlo
<br />ciloo!.e a1:hampion.nSbc. too.....as
<br />judging al the (air for the fiN time
<br />and said sn.:enjoyed lheexperieoce.
<br />. They....ere~bymid-afternoon
<br />~saidlhctriploGn:e_
<br />Icr.....aswonhn. ..
<br />:1 \:olunk-ered to judge ~ 0Ih-
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<br />IOwan! Kimb:tll. Neb: Counly Emerga1CY Man;>g;ement.
<br />For Ibny Thorn!"",n, ",1>0 run~ Acrw.s the regioo. sc"er.lllhou.
<br />ca"IcOllh;sl:wd~lhofSton.::h:vn, ~nd acres of com. alfalfa. pinlo
<br />the loss oftiod: Weld 153 a.MColo~ -beans and SlIgar bee! crops .....ere ru-
<br />71 make it impO::Miblc forhimlop;as_ incd, 1m( it cotlld lake lwoweel:s 10
<br />ture his c.:l.u1c in lhe Olimney :1S~..'hee.'(lC1llofthedamage.safd
<br />C...n}.ons 1IOfl1M:::l.'>! ufSIOIl("h.lm. Randy Buhler aflbe !=olOl<ldo Stale
<br />'1biJ>used'ot>e'lheshort~lwa,',- Uni"'er>ity E.'lrnsion Servkc!n to-
<br />Thompson So'Iid as he t"'inted to ihe gan COUfIt:(. .
<br />broken concrete and ro<:ksofthe cul. .Three hIghways rem;uned closed
<br />bcc:au'>e lhc:y were ellner water-
<br />logged. washed Ou! Of bad suffered
<br />J>lruclural damagc. Slate offidals cs-
<br />limated roods in lhe region sufferoo
<br />S I million in dam.:l.ge. Bridges were
<br />OU( al.,Pawnee and Cottor.WOO\!
<br />creeks - on Colorado 71 betw~c"
<br />SIOf'.ebam and the Nebr.isltaMalelinc.
<br />Capl.LarryTo!aroftbeCo1orado
<br />Stale P"lruis:DditCQUidbcwc:cbbe--
<br />. fore one -()( thc: roads - Colorado
<br />Highway 14 betv..een Slerling and
<br />Colorado 52 "- n:<>pens.
<br />..it's cernpktcly washed 0Uf." he
<br />s.aid. The highway is use.l as a haz-
<br />ardous mater1.:UrouIe. and truckers
<br />werebeil\gn:rouled.
<br />On Thursday. Go.... Roy Romer
<br />asled.Presidcnf Oilllonto d.:dare
<br />Mor.gan <U>d Logancoumics dis.a."1er
<br />areas and e.igible for/cder," aid. It
<br />'n." Romer's l'C'CoOO. suc-h l'C'q1leSl in
<br />IWO days. He a.<;l:edfor a~imi.la.r de....
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<br />~Whe:n 71 <.'>pCns it ...ill be OK.
<br />bulth;lIwitlbeawhil-e:-
<br />Thompwn s:lid he h:1S plei\ly-of
<br />- grJ.ss foc lhe'cows on tUi land and
<br />juS! rolled w-im Mother ;>;ature-'s
<br />purn;hes a~ dark clouds loomed in the
<br />weslemhoriwnfor).et;mOlhcrday.
<br />'11",<<:: ~re sollie lhin.e; "OU c....I.1
<br />doanythingaboot,-he;3id. .
<br />As for Joe Kimmel. he already is
<br />planning 10 rebuildlhe cOlTals on
<br />-higbcrl;'rouOO.
<br />"Bulldo!l'tthiflkr:w...-ifeis~0-
<br />mg IObelOO thrill<:d ~lc.:l.I"ing~65
<br />cowsOUldoors.thi!>winlcr.-~said.
<br />o.:~itelik:loss.heSli1lh:lStbifl~s
<br />inper>pecli,'e.
<br />"C~kHhoscpeopJein Fort
<br />CollinS,tbisi.minor.-ilesa.id.
<br />ROfcwl'le. it. won'lbe millQr
<br />",hen I ~o to the b::ink.-
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<br />Any of the thunder~
<br />stofms at this point look
<br />like they could pfoduce
<br />heavy ratn, maybe not
<br />as widespread as be-
<br />fore
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<br />-Gary Franson
<br />NWS forecaster
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<br />ignaliQ!lWedfloCSdayforR:!l1C6!IiIlS.
<br />....'here fi...e people died in a flash
<br />l100d M0nd3y.
<br />InWeLJona.whichsilSina\~ley.
<br />1h.= rushing walen broke tbroup an
<br />irrigation dioch, SlIbmerging the town
<br />in up 10 4 feel of water and forcing
<br />aboul 200 reovle mlo''''n and sur.
<br />rounding :fll.lTTl!> to flee. Morgan
<br />Coonl" Sheriff Richard Jocksoq
<br />w~residentswithprivale...."Clls.
<br />thallheirW3lersupply.mayba,.ebcen
<br />COOlamiaatc:d.
<br />Co\.-elli. his wife. Kelly. and 2.
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<br />ing f1"orn OOl~de of cily iimilsfrom priva!f; odOl'" in...estigators be.c:wse._.to 10 or 20 m~'Hewdo ycu.wn-
<br />the'S@\lm OOds"at!lbwest. Anyodur WefdCounlY- coukln'l ..Iundlethe, trollhatr .
<br />'tt"Aiuffig: from OIJl'Stdc city limits is .;:Jood;md p:ry its suf!"O\.Cltlme. .. Odoc<<>mplai.lIsmaYaol:bco"'ef".
<br />no! cO'{crro by lhe 0fdinano: UNil now,1he ~compkBJllS the. :nw: cilY ofGn:cky bas warned thai
<br />Oud!l'.CSIigator~sa.id lhal ",'ilhthe city ItaJ l'I!l.;ei\-ed was 371~<.I Frid3y I{SWaslew.alffU"ealmeJtl pbnI~y be
<br />rains, if$ proOObfy because ~ of in:l. -sp3Roflhreehours. the source ofoOOr._ rts facilil)' at
<br />IhefCedlo!sOUImthaiareaaretl).iRg-. . . ISlAvenueandlOthStreet.
<br />10 c/eolrl up lheir pbccs. which is Tbose"C~la~tu:O,~efe~ ' ..
<br />prub:iblydist"rbingthe':manun: \1nd,,:e:H.I~d OUISide ~felty I,cuts., soa yt.. '.. TbecIIY-lSm1he~ofc~_
<br />i-he:air,"s:lidlimMorris.diieft>uild.:\olatlOl1w~"lloXlssued. mgsludge ,fromlanb. ~led di--
<br />. ...1"-. 1 .......-. ..L.__._ ._N' 1 '-_' '.'. L' '~..1" gestefS. ....illcn. wOlt. Similar to a
<br />1l1g.....,,<<::t:t Wfl ",..;cay.""IUSc;~liU' ..1'l.m;.clly.wel...\'eJlll1......lCt1on._~, I h.' 'ogwaslC '-"::'
<br />jnvNi~ate5 odor complair.ts.daily, but our proelem Iksnt lAetxloo; wt. -' S ~ III~' '.': ".>.
<br />.:,. 'sid.:oflhecit).-MorrissoUd-tfthc ThishaslObi=dooeevayIQ)"C'aTS.
<br />Alm!:ht.lhcC1ty~raets"'.lIh ,_.. '-,~ '. . But1l'1.:~ludgebas:yec_tobepullcd
<br />w...... )"",IS. 5(l(IlClImCS II ~rony.up
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<br />year-oWdau!Ner. Hailey. ~~
<br />horneTbunday. Thewarerdidn'lgft
<br />... in1hei.r~butianhoed!betr-weH.~.
<br />Ica;...ing them wilh no drinking waler
<br />Of scw<< seoiee. They ,faced ha...i:tg
<br />lOpciylhous:l.odsofdollanforanew
<br />well or 3 lapOltan:uea "":deuy*tn.
<br />TOkc:asl.,1helloodwaterstumed
<br />p...wnec Cm:k into II raging ri"CTand
<br />the town of A",,"OOd. populalion 200,
<br />into a sm:U1la:ke.
<br />A:s.econdbout:o(floodinglhn:at.
<br />enN 'Thursday nigh!. as storms
<br />dropped up to 3 inches of rain OR lhe
<br />region and.1 1mb llood w.un.ing wenl
<br />00'
<br />Sa."nC rur.droads and (lClds~of
<br />Wcldo.m3....'erecoveredwithw:Jler.
<br />bolsl.~ cleam:t laic Thursday night.
<br />r<>eN;u>onaiW~"Seo-ia:
<br />fore=sl called, fOf a 4Ope~t
<br />chance o( r.Jin foctlle area Friday.
<br />~Ier Garyfranson saidlil\e
<br />dange-roflloodingtlll.dnol.'passed.
<br />hAnyofthc:thuno:krslonmatlhis
<br />.poin! )Qak like lhey could produce
<br />hea...y r.lin.maybc 00I.as widesprnd
<br />asbefOR.bul unlil the water levels
<br />have fgd lime to rreedc, anylhing
<br />moreth:whalf~hanbourcou1d,ag_
<br />gr.:l;...a.te the silu.aliGII:' .he said.
<br />"Th.1t"strue for any part ofllOltb
<br />e:1SlCmColondo:'
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<br />from dte tarib. said-Denrlis.Schllmp,
<br />waslev,':1ter operations nunag:er fOf"
<br />the city_
<br />"-wcvenledOlllsomemel-haflegu
<br />on Monday af1CTl100ll. aPd as:a rtSIill
<br />of opening up the vent s)"stem we pili
<br />{an'Odocwaming)intbepaper.just4n
<br />case we did 1ta..-e odor pr-obIems.n
<br />Schump s.aioL . .
<br />..' "11Icttare\'efllSopellaodwe'1Ife
<br />pumping fresh..Ur UuQ these Iallb so
<br />asOOlIO~;1baz:udou.~eOAdition .~_
<br />.,. (such as) any explosiveconlelll~
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