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<br />'cheaper," she said. ,
<br />The closure of scwml ~I(\I\'S slil'h
<br />as Stnge in thc Greeh:y Mall, end'of-
<br />yenr barg.ains and had wcather could
<br />. also nffeclthc figures, Butlersnill,
<br />~ "We've had nlot of cold weather,
<br />snowy, icy days," he added. l
<br />'.. This may furthcr l\ffect the folks
<br />who drive frol1\ Fort Morgun, Sler-
<br />ling and Bru!'h to !'hop, Butler added.
<br />':. Weld'_s decrea:;e may !'cem de-
<br />pressing comptl.red with the S9 per-
<br />cent tirst,quarter incrense ex~ri-
<br />eneed by D\luglas County. But SllStl.n
<br />Conwell, analvst with the s'tate rev-
<br />enue department, said there is~no
<br />need to woIT)'.
<br />The leap in Douglns is spurred by
<br />growth:ll the Castle Rock outlet mull,
<br />a lower basic sale!' tax rate and the
<br />opening of Park r-"tc:ldows Man and
<br />!'cvcml olhcr new retail outlets.
<br />"They'\'c been blasting e\'erybody
<br />out of the water." Conwell said.
<br />"Douglas. has been growing by lenps
<br />and bounds.". t.
<br />Although the Weld fi~urcs show a
<br />slight decline. some dreciey btsi-
<br />nesses tell a different tale.
<br />"We'vc heen very, wry pleased.
<br />We have not seen a drop," said Jane
<br />Andcrson. JC Penney store m:lnager.
<br />Women's. 'men's tl.nd children's
<br />clothing sales have been ~the
<br />strongest, making. up for a slight drop
<br />in the home, luggage :lndjewelry de-
<br />partments.
<br />Target also has had a good year so
<br />far, especially in sporting goods and
<br />spring. plant sales, s:"lid store manug-
<br />er Mike Rubringer.
<br />limier said the Ih!.llres net:d to he
<br />considered over a ln~ger period:
<br />. "V au h:l.'.'e to look at a year to gct
<br />a real trend. ...If;t is:l. trend Ihateon.
<br />tinues, then we'd need to look a~ it. At
<br />this point, I'm not overly alil'rmed.
<br />We i'hould be concerned, but :lls0
<br />look at Ihe ovemll hig ;lie-ture:'
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<br />repair nil this mess," Becker ~;nid.
<br />Jim Wirshhorn, meteorologist III
<br />Mounlllin States Wcather Services in
<br />Fort Collins, said some ho~ is on the
<br />hori7.0n: The wet weather plltlem is
<br />changin~.
<br />"We'll still have a 40 percent
<br />chance of thunderstorms this after-
<br />noon and evening, but then we'l\ see
<br />a,.,warming lrend Slnrt Tuesday with
<br />only'- scattered thunderstorms .and
<br />showers the remainder of the week,"
<br />he said.
<br />At the Colorado Speedway,- n~
<br />rncing events were scheduled Sunday
<br />and no onewns injured. '<:.'- .,
<br />Schillinger said vir'1JallyC anything
<br />that wasn't attached securely to the'
<br />ground was damaged. A service shed
<br />was demolished.
<br />"It looked like somebody took a
<br />chuin S{lW and went right through lhe
<br />_ middle of the shed," Schillinger suid,
<br />Severnl other smaller buildings. in-
<br />cluding portable toilets and eonces~
<br />sion stands, were moved 6 to 60 feet.
<br />"We had two big horse tanks that
<br />we keep ice and beer in that w'ere
<br />tossed probably 200 yards," he said.
<br />A couple ofsents in the gmndstnnds
<br />were damaged. ,
<br />"I've gOI a fecling one of those
<br />tanks got up in the stands and did
<br />that," Schillinger said.
<br />Racing, though. is scheduled to go
<br />on as usual Saturday evening.
<br />"Wc'l1 take a couplc of days to get
<br />things cleaned up, and we'll be rendy
<br />to go," he said.
<br />The tornado was reportedly on the
<br />ground for several' minutes and
<br />seemed to hover near the racetrack,
<br />witnesse:;said.
<br />"It Imu a rat tail, reai lhin, but it
<br />was thick atthe rap," said Randy Her~
<br />lado of Northglcnn, who witnessed
<br />the tornado as he drove to visit reIn.
<br />';';es in nearby Firestone. "It was
<br />\:<",.md for a while, pro~ably there .for
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<br />HEAVY RAIN HAMMERS HOLYOKE
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<br />. A 5.to-6.lneh rain before'
<br />dewn on Sunday prompted
<br />Frenchman and Wlldhorse
<br />creeks 10 jump theIr banks In
<br />PhlUlps County and damaged
<br />;'1 nearly 30 homes In, the Holyoke
<br />area. '
<br />Holyoke Is about 60 miles east
<br />01 Sterling 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 watsr in the county.
<br />Three teenage girls stalled
<br />their car In high water ~crossa
<br />county road and tre 'Car was In
<br />danger of being swept off the
<br />road when Holyoke policeman
<br />Brad Hanson and truck driver
<br />Mike GOlVlitz used a diesei truck
<br />tractor to' rescue them, the chief
<br />said.
<br />"I thought that was a little
<br />above the call of", duty, the chief
<br />said.
<br />; "The whole town Just pulled to-
<br />g'ether" after the heavy rain and.
<br />high y.'ater struck the nO,rtheast
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<br />.!do of HoIyo~o during tho night.
<br />'Winckler said. V. .!-
<br />---"Within 45 minutes there was
<br />100 tp 200 people pu1 bagging..
<br />sand and helping people bag
<br />.' their r~sldences:' he saId,
<br />. \'ll's as bad as I've ever seen,
<br />and I've been hereJor 61 years,"
<br />. said Bob Trumper of the Trumper
<br />Insurance Agency In Holyoke,
<br />"There are cree~ ~nnlng Into
<br />the Frenchman that I've never
<br />seen run before."
<br />Trumper spent Sunday investj..
<br />Qating.claims in houses along the
<br />creek, which receded Sl!nday,
<br />Most of the damage was from
<br />water-filled basements, he said.
<br />All the roads in and out of
<br />Holyoke and Amherst to the
<br />northeast were Closed Sunday
<br />moming, but by sundown a1l had
<br />been reopened except Colo. 23
<br />that runs from Holyoke through
<br />Amhurst to the Nebraska border,
<br />Sheriff's c;lispalcher Val Daniel~
<br />son said several county roads
<br />were washed out.
<br />"', By Sunday night, the creek
<br />had lallen five or six feet, Winek-
<br />lersaid.
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<br />-c- AssocIatocl p",..
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<br />agood.flve,ininutes,'-' mnn!:'said. "They came down llnd
<br />The strong stonn"cell stalled o,ver~' went right back up." "
<br />southwestern Weld, dumping UJ:: to 1; Dacono police chief Tom Davis
<br />inch-size~ hail and nearly 2 inches of ,{ s:lid much of the Tn-Town area re~
<br />rain an hour, Atwllt three other fUll~ 'ceived heavy rain and marble-sized
<br />/leI c1ouds'wt:rereported in Ihe Da. 'hail. No local floOding was reponcd I
<br />cono and Firestone area,al aOOut3:25 by police or Well;! County Sheriffs
<br />p.m. '..1 ." ...., ;'(leputies"
<br />"We spotted a few funnel clQuds
<br />right 'Qver .the police departll1ent,"
<br />Dacono pQlieeofficer, Kelley Tall-
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<br />developmenl, purticul~\rly on the west post:!l ousiness," DcSarro said lloout three years ngo near Speer Boulevnrd
<br />side. ,he Postal Stores. and Broadway. sells everything from
<br />The new buildil'g will become the Julie Joy.Rodriguez, manager of stllmpsto T-shirts to collectible pQst
<br />city's main post office and serve the the Mile High Station Postal Store office items. . '..(,;
<br />80630\ ZIP code. The downtown post just south of downtown Denver, !laid ' .,"We sell different items otherih3n
<br />office ;lt925 11th Ave. will remain customers have embraced the store: the traditional post offices do," Joy~
<br />O('lC1l and serve the 80631 ZIPcodc. "They lo\'e it. They think it's great Rodriguez said. She udded thut most
<br />neSaITC'I,~a;d (irrl'll"V'" I'WW Pn....\lll h-:Cfl\!....'.. tl-1.~~c(m come in l:nd take' pC5t off:cesQon't havc thcsp::cc to
<br />Slore will octhe!iN in'C\)loradoollt- their time. They do'n't huvc the pres- displuy merchandise.
<br />~ide of the Denver metro urea. In fuel." sure of someone slanding in line be- . The new PoMul Stores also havc
<br />he ad~e,d'.lhe.rc~~.e",o~}y .~.~ such(,ih~nd th~n~." i.. . . ~ se.lr~,se_rv~esso'ra-s thntl
<br />!Olores m the-Unlted Stotes hni] 40,000 ' ." Postol!iee Slllll al:;o like the slore"~lonnl post 6MN~'DcSlffto said.
<br />regular post offices. ~ ;;,~ ":~'''I' _"..- .becaus~.it rem~1Vcs truditionul,_~a.rri,-,-~",F()r:.~e.x,ample.,:'1J,lDtnP~;"'~0Jl., be. put.
<br />. "We h.\\'c only put thcm in select ers between workers and customers' chnsed from vending machines tl-nd
<br />areas that we think offer significant nnd allows more interaction. she said. scales are aV3i1nble for the public tQ
<br />growth aI,l.d where there is :l lot of Mile High Station. opened nC:lrly wt;igh pac~nges.
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<br />. PASCUAL VILLA
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<br />he was 23 tly wnlking .leross the
<br />horder inlo Tex:ls. There he would
<br />\\.:Olk hard latmr, ralse:1 fillllil)' and,
<br />"bOLlI .20 YCilrs 14III:r, would CO north,
<br />into Colorado.
<br />Onl.l1fhi....llrolldl.sld:l'.swas
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<br />Villa took Pascu:ll back to his home
<br />cOllntry, to the little village in in
<br />centrul Mexico, near the place he
<br />was born :It ~h\cienda de Lovlltos,
<br />(the home of Lovalos) for whom
<br />P:lsf;ual's falher worked a cent~lry
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<br />But after the visil. as th~y drove
<br />north. crossing the border buck into
<br />Americq, Pm;.cuul repeated himself.
<br />>, .:_~'I am home again," , :",
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<br />Mike Peters' column a6QUt Weld
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