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<br />~10 GREELEY (COlo.; TRIBUNE
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<br />A more aeti\': wId-front fl.1uem will mean below_avo
<br />crage lemper.uut\:s Dnd higherprecipil3tion forthI' M.lt
<br />30 days, Wll"!ihbom prdicted.
<br />"Going inlothe fall ~ea~on means the cold froOls are
<br />.~euingm(>reaeti\'e,"he~1id.
<br />Wirshoom also e>ffered a word pfwarning: nit's 1)0{ un.
<br />heard Oflo see snow in Ihe ne:'tt 30 days"' in northe;lstern
<br />Colorndo. , 1
<br />The e;trliesl freele in nonheaMern Colorado IV:U
<br />recorded Au~. 25. 1910. The temperature in Grover IVM
<br />reeordedat 23 degt'tts that dny and Fon Morgan dipped
<br />. t\) 29 degrees, Wi~hhom said.
<br />Free1.ingtemPcfatures in Grcelcy usually'don't hegin
<br />~howing up until mid. to laIc Septemhcr. However, Gree-
<br />ley'sl'nrliest freele was 30de~recson Sept. 7,1898.
<br />Jerry Alldredge, a soib and crop agent with Colomdo
<br />Slate UniversityCooper:lli\"e E:'tlension. said the recent
<br />prC'Cll'ila1ion i~ good for whent j:rowl,'/'S who hcgin plant.
<br />in~ i11Iht' next few \\'\'l'k\, Ihunhlllll ,~.ll()() lI<,'rt~ Url't(lp~
<br />In cnsl Weld Ct1unty und p;llb or M\lr{!:Il1 COllnly hnl'e
<br />bt-en nooded,hesaid.
<br />The WN wealher nlso me:Jns o:'tYilen sl:lrvation and di~-
<br />~lI~C in crop~, from com ~nd lxcts 10 onions nnd pollllocs.
<br />. "People have lxco keel'ing on lOp of the~e diS(':ISC~:"
<br />Alldl"(!dlle snid. "I h:l\'en't h~ardorhig.tillle losscse.\ccpt
<br />for the areas where there's l100din~ and farmers clln't !.let
<br />inlothcirOelds.
<br />"What we need is Q w~nn late fall - addilion;l! ,row.
<br />ingdays."hl:snid.
<br />Th~cold. d:llnpwcalhernlsosflClIstrouhle f(lrlx>:1n
<br />frowers in the county who arc lookins forward toh~rvest
<br />In the ne.\1 few weeks. .
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<br />. . DISASTER AID .' .
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<br />loads of ~n1Vel, or nhuitl .t4,:'irKJ 1\)11\. to rh the w;lshed.
<br />OUI N;lds. 1'he .....ork ",illlakeah(lutl~ weeks tlll'omplcte.
<br />\Varden ~;lid the eoullty could receive feder:l! fUlldsto
<br />pny for Ul' 10 75 pereenl of the repair.~. The rest of lhe
<br />m()IleVnlll~le(llno:fromcounlvcoffers,
<br />"\Vc have h:l~kallv shul d(lI~'l1alll1ew conslruction and'
<br />shifled rcsO\ITI:es," \~';:rden sa:,;,
<br />He added lh.ltth~' Oooding .lI1d '\i!>~equel1l rep.li~ .Ilso
<br />hnve slrnpped Ih.c c(lllnl~"~ shICkpilc {1f rock and (:r:ll'cl.
<br />A~ a re,"h. W:mJcn ~:lid. lhe \'OUIll)' likely will .~pcnd nl
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<br />JOB SAFETY
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<br />slalC sY'lel11 IlfC'lHeClinll dala on uceup;ltionlll dClIlhs.
<br />"Iryn\ldoll't know.....hy flCoplc:1re dying or lhe pm.
<br />P\1I1it'I1'ofpeople,dyingal'I:ltuinw:ly,wh.l1illler\'cntions
<br />e.ln you do 10 ~lop iLT' he !>aid.
<br />SineclhcIiFUresha\'ebccncollcrtcd,ManJl(said,mo-
<br />lor I'chid... de:lth' hnw gone down bec~u~~ employers :ITC
<br />rn.1I1dalill~lheuMloi'o;c:'ltJcll':lIld~irhap.
<br />Indll~uill hll~i"esscSllrelllstldccrell,ill& lh.: nlll11h..-ruf
<br />flll:llilic~:I, \\'elll>ccmlse of:l rcnewed interest in sal<:ty
<br />proceduTCs and tcchnologies.
<br />The hard ran. M:lrinc :ldmils. i~ for slnllll hlls;ncs~cs
<br />ill1<lrcllplcwhunrcsclf-el11pllly..'dwh\,"'dQI1'lh.II'enwny
<br />!"l'~"'\II\'es for rTl:'....rllillll,'.
<br />"j;rkullure h ~n :lrc:llh:\( h\l~ lJ.cell rCeO!.lni/.cd lI~ (\
<br />high.rhk indu'lry JI'r yeal1l, he s:lid. Thi, h why wr:d lIr-
<br />easlI'ulll1yh:l\'e:moc:cIII':llionaldc:llhr,llCfnurl\'fi\'e
<br />lim<ts hij!hcr Ihan llm;1O nrC.I~.
<br />OI~r;llllrs,fllhrlcnh'rs:UldlabtlTCrSWcrelher\cxlm(\SI
<br />delldly '~elll'alinn in Wdd (OUIU}" with nine denlh~ illlh.;
<br />1';,,( lhe )'e..r~. OflhOlse nin.; dCillhs. fOllr WCI\: l!lld dri.
<br />wrs:1IIt1lhrecl'....rcllU11...'tlllslnlcli,'nl.lhN..'I'S.
<br />WI1i1ermlllynflh.:o;cdealhslllij;hlha\'chccn'l\"uit.letl
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<br />What we need is a wa~m late 1all-..
<br />additional growing days.
<br />. ~ Jerry Alldredge
<br />c-SU exten$ion ag~rit
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<br />"Wet weilthcr during harve~t can e8ur-e qualily prob.
<br />lem~ and di~colornlion in beans:' 511id Steve Krosky. an
<br />a~ronomist with Colorado Bean Co.
<br />He said the damp weather could push back the harvest
<br />lhey hnve sch.wuled for two weeks from today.
<br />"r.aslyear,wegotrninsinJuly,blllthefollowingdan'
<br />\\'(\lIld Il)wny~ he dry, nul, nllw we're seeinll pfll!(lnsed
<br />Ill'r1(lIls ol'c(loluud dump W~lI(her," Kro.~ky ~nld. .
<br />To IIdd to bcnn.growcrsproblcm!, traCes and lighl
<br />.lrnollnls of bacterial :lnd fungal dir-eascs are already
<br />$ho\~'ing up in some erops.3s II result Oflhis monlh's pre.
<br />cipil3libn, Kroskysaid.
<br />The common dir-eases resultinS from wet weather in.
<br />clude lc~frnsl, cOll1!'\on b:lcleriul blight and b3cterinl
<br />brown ~pol. If left unlre:lled, 10 to 30 percent oflhe Col-
<br />omllq I]e~n Co.'s crops could Pc losl,he said.
<br />"ldollbtwc'lI~ethatthisyear.il'sprellylatcinthe
<br />hllf\'cst ~ca~on.lO see a big loss:' he said.
<br />Irlhedisca~cs hccome mQrc ofa problem, Krusky said,
<br />crops wiH be ~pro.ycd to keep them from spreading rapid_
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<br />Jcast.'$2:'iO.OOOlhi.\fllllnndwinlf:rtpreplenishhssupply.
<br />"Irwe dtln'l do lhal, we won'l have llnYlhing neill'
<br />sprin810f!ultlutonlheroads."Wurdcn~1id.
<br />This is (he fourth lime in ] 8 yen~ lhat Weld County
<br />hilS dedarcd an emergency inresponsc loextensive flood-
<br />ing. ]n 1911J. flood watercllused d:lmal'e in Fon Lupton,
<br />nnd the Poudrc Rivcr flooded pan or Greeley. >;.' .
<br />Also in th~ I 980s. tlood WlllCI"Ji from Cheyenne cau~cd
<br />dama!;c in Weld Counly aflerLone Creek and Crow
<br />Crc'ekovcrl1owcd.
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<br />with proper safety ~f:lioing, MlIrine.slIid.lhe numoorof
<br />~oplekilledbyvi\>lcnl:lctslakcs"tol,ll1ydiffere(lttype
<br />\lfiIllCrvclllion. '
<br />In Wcld Coumy. livc people in lho;past Iivcycarswerc
<br />killedbya\'io!llntactwhilconthejob-fourQft~ose
<br />"we murders involvingu lircarm.
<br />.N:lIion:ll1y,rtlorell1enarckilledwhilconthejohinuc.
<br />dde11ls.\V0I1\lln.hllwCvcr.arcmorcol'lenkillcdbysomc_
<br />lllleclse.-manY\l!1thc.jobiIICOllvenienceorremi1
<br />slores.
<br />"\\'ol11cnllrelw(t>cingl"r[i:eled.butthey'rcinjoh,~thal
<br />nrelllr~eled,"Marincsnid. .
<br />10 the pasl.five ye;lrs, transfXlnlltiollhas lICl;ounled far
<br />I) t1,:cllPulional dCUlh~ i\1 Weld Counly. Of lhese, nine
<br />were on the highw.l\' and 1I1lorthenl were eollis.ionsof
<br />SUIll<.' lyp'e. Slnlewi~lc, lran~~mnlion lIcddellls lire the
<br />1c:ldill~l':ulseQfwl'rk.rcl:llet.ltleath'.
<br />r)t,'lIlh~ l\I1lhejoh in Cohmldollre \Iown from 112 in
<br />IlJlJ:'i1090iII19%-;120per,,'cnldccrcase,which.lsol1e
<br />oflhe IM~C-'l t1T\\fl~ il1lhel'u\lI11ry. Okl.lltonu\1cd Ihi~ci\I'
<br />..'g(1rywilhl,decrcllseof~7perecnlbceuuset>flhl:l;>orllb.
<br />in~uflheMurr:111 Fcdcral Building in 1995. . ,
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<br />Nieholas Thayer, 2~, of Greeley al~o ran II. Mop sign ~s he
<br />~rovc north on 59th Avenue in II. black pickup tT\Jck, Thayer'~
<br />vehicle hit II. Ford Astro minivan heading easl on 0 Street. '{
<br />The driver of the van, Rita Lara, 45, Greeley, and her
<br />daugh,ter, Laura, 17, were laken to Non.tt Colorado M;edieal
<br />Cent~r. The ~1der Lara was In fair condition this moming~
<br />while her daughter Wll.~ listed in 5eriou~ condition In the In- .
<br />tensive Care Unit. Thayer was trtated inlhe emergency room
<br />3ndrcleasc,d. "
<br />8esid~ thc two llccidenlS Sunday evening, Colorado SI:lle
<br />'". Patrol troopel1l wIre kep,t ~usy earlier in the day. Between
<br />noon and 2 p.m. Sunday, five aecldenl~ were reponed in a lleV.
<br />en.mile streIch 00 Inte~lale 25 In southwest Weld County..
<br />The accidents, one of which involved a jack-knifed semi.
<br />lruck, bal;ked up lrnfnc for thm miles. Only minor injuries
<br />were reported. '
<br />Despite Sunday's rain, autt. 'ritiessaid we:llher wasn't a
<br />facl9fin the accidents.
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