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<br />.tlme today, pumping was conlinuing. .Ariolher house
<br />lortedly worse, bY the mudsllde caused by hard rains.
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<br />conviction
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<br />McGuern and
<br />public money
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<br />convicted related to the payment by Gar"
<br />fietd County of $320,61; for long ~ista~ce
<br />telephone calls to McGuern in Cab!or~,a.
<br />The other 11 indictments were SImilar,
<br />and the Supreme Coort ruled that none of
<br />them provided sufficient delail about
<br />how the alleged embezzlement occurred,
<br />"The defendant, as district allaney,
<br />lNas responsible far literally thousands of
<br />transactions such as those which were
<br />allegedly fraudulent," the court said,
<br />"The indictment must clearly slale the
<br />essential facts which constitule the of"
<br />fense, Fundamenlal fairness requires no
<br />less."
<br />The court noted that embezzlement,
<br />unlike other crimes, could ~ c.o~.,:,ltt~
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<br />IcGuern was a
<br />10m he gained
<br />Icking in and
<br />. He claimed
<br />billing 10 the
<br />Iicial District
<br />;any payment
<br />IIem expenses
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<br />led to a can"
<br />lent of $155.16
<br />Ie fonn of ex.
<br />.f Tucker and
<br />a Colorado
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<br />15 Cents
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<br />Mudslides ooze
<br />into area homes
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<br />By Alan Isbell
<br />Poslstaff wrller
<br />Hard rains Saturday and Sunday
<br />resulled in a rash of mudslides that inun.
<br />dated basements, closed roads and scat-
<br />tered rocks, trees and ather debris,
<br />The hardest hit residential property
<br />was in West G1enwood, where two homes
<br />on 0199 Mounlain Shadows Drive and 0254
<br />, Ponderasa Drive had mud and water in
<br />their basements, At Jack Zimmerer's,
<br />0199 Mountain Shadow, the muck was
<br />waist-deep, At presstime, pumping was
<br />still going on to empty the basements,
<br />and damage assessments were not
<br />available,
<br />Monday, at the regular meeting of the '
<br />Garfield County commissioners, Chair-
<br />man Larry Velasquez said he was con-
<br />tacted by several West Glenwood
<br />residents who asked what had happened
<br />to the county's flood plan, He said when
<br />construction had been approved in the
<br />area, the commissioners had been con,
<br />cerned about drainage in there and had
<br />slated during approval that they would
<br />not be responsible far "misjudgments in
<br />engineering'; ,over the drainage. Fur"
<br />ther, he claimed the building permit for
<br />the Reed residence at 0254 Ponderosa
<br />Drive had been denied initially because
<br />the lot "sat right in the middle of the
<br />dr8inageway, "
<br />A discussion with Bud Milner, building
<br />department director, resulled in the con-
<br />clusion the area would continue to ex.
<br />'perieoce drainage problems until a
<br />storm drainage system was constructed
<br />on lop of Mel Rey Road that would divert
<br />waler to Mitchell Creek,
<br />Leonard Bowlby, county road super.
<br />visor, said Mountain Shadows, Pon"
<br />derosa and Mel Rey Road, all in West
<br />, Glenwood, were the worst county roads
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<br />hit: Northwest of West G1enwood, County
<br />Road 132 at the fish halchety was hit with
<br />a slide, The rocks, mud and water were
<br />cleared enough for vehicular traffic
<br />within a couple of hOUTS, he said, and
<br />clean-up is expected to continue over the
<br />next two to three days,
<br />State Highway 133 was closed for
<br />several hours Saturday night, and at
<br />least one vehicle, a Jeep, was seen in the
<br />Cryslal River; apparently by virtue of
<br />one the slides that covered a portion of
<br />the highway five to seven miles south of
<br />Carbondale. No injuries were reported.
<br />Highway crews warked most of the night
<br />to clear the highway there,
<br />Reports indicate that on the road
<br />leading up the Frying Pan River Valley,
<br />trees, boulders and an abandon~ ear
<br />were carried along by a mudslide Satur.
<br />day night.
<br />The north-bound lanes of Slate High"
<br />way 82 just south of Glenwood Springs
<br />were closed for aboUt an hour Sunday
<br />night.
<br />In Glenwood Springs, Midland Avenue,
<br />the 2100 block of Bennett A venue and the
<br />Lincolnwood subdivision appeared to be
<br />the worst hit, according to City Manager
<br />Meredith Flinn. Several residences in
<br />these areas had some mud in basements
<br />and mounds of debris piled up In yards,
<br />All roads except at 2100 Bennett were
<br />open at presstime, but same were con.
<br />sidered dangerous because or"sllme and
<br />rocks," Flinn said
<br />Characterized as "very messy t rt the
<br />situation in the city Involved no major
<br />structural damage as eouId be deter-
<br />mined thus far, Flinn said. Clean-up was
<br />expected to lake several days.
<br />In another weather-related incident, a
<br />horse was killed by lightning Sunday at 2
<br />a,io, In a pasture near the Alt.W drive-in
<br />in Gfeilwood Springs, ' " ;",
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<br />High winds, man suspect I
<br />in. baby osprey shortage
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<br />DENVER lAP) - Same workeTS with the Colorado Division of Wildlife are
<br />keeping a close eye on nesting ospreys in the narth-central part,of the slate in an
<br />effort to find out why there are no young ospreys.
<br />Colorado wildlife officials have been inlerested in the osprey, also known as
<br />the fish hawk, sea hawk, fish eagie and IitUe eagle, for several years, but only.'
<br />last year oblained money for a full-time study., .
<br />Jerry Craig, the division's specialist in predatory birds, Is directing the
<br />program to find out why so many osprey eggs fail to hatch in theslale. '
<br />"We've had a history of failure here," Marla McWharter, a seasonal em"
<br />ployee with the division, said of Colorado's nestlngospreys. :'Last year tm:ee '
<br />nests failed in one weekend. Our guess is It was a combination of human m.
<br />terferenceandhighwindsinthlsarea," "
<br />Jim Enote another division seasonal employee, said he believed most of the
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