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<br />VOL 81. No. 285 MONDAY.JUl Y 31,1989 GREELEY.
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<br />: .l-: KRISLlNDAHL/GreeleyT,ibune
<br />Tom Hummel of the Weld Road anti Bridge OepartmentstBJlo's on, 49,about five miles northeast ot Greeley. Hummel said water was
<br />-a washed-out county bridge on Weld County Road 66, '.l€'ar Weld ->- --flowing over the bridge when he arrived there Saturday night. .
<br />Storm~e(lamages crops, roads
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<br />BV BILL JACKSON
<br />TnbuntlStefl WflUII'
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<br />Torrential rains driven by high
<br />winds caused damage euima1ed in
<br />the millions of dollars in central
<br />Weld Coumy during the weekend.
<br />But sm.eller amounts of
<br />moisture outside the '''eye'' of the
<br />hlDTicane.like storm was we}.
<br />corned by fanners and ranchers.
<br />, A reponed 6.7 inches of rain
<br />washed out county roads. bridges
<br />and irrigation ditches -in an ap-
<br />proximate 220-square-mile area
<br />northeast of Greeley.
<br />"Wc'-ve gOt several. roads that .
<br />have been washed out or ~ed
<br />in that area. Some of them', were
<br />under water," said. Dave Becker
<br />of the county Road and Bridge
<br />Depanment. "The bridge abut.
<br />. m. ent on road 66 between roads 49
<br />, and 51 was laken out and the in.
<br />terSection of roads 66 and 53 is
<br />completely washed out. People
<br />should be careful in thal enlire
<br />area."
<br />A counl)' employee called out
<br />Saturday evening drove off the
<br />damaged bridge and found
<br />himself chest high in water, but a
<br />farmer in the area pulled him out
<br />of the flood.
<br />Less-severe road damage has
<br />been reported throughout most of
<br />the count)'. While some areas gOl
<br />only about an inch of rain, reports
<br />
<br />StOrmstatiiJcs ',',' ,
<br />, ". ",'.~ -"",. ': ." . ' .' .-- .
<br />, . Greeleygat''''''"fficiaI3.40 inches of rainSatur-
<br />!laY andSunday,:Fnr!he yeartodate, 'G,eeley has
<br />received slightly more than l1inches'of precipita-
<br />tion; ,more than half of that has come in two storms
<br />- the one lasl weekend and another in'flarly June,
<br />. Precipitation amounts of 6 to 7 inches were fa-
<br /><:orded.aLseveralJocations east of Greeley, froin
<br />the weekend storm" '
<br />. Roads, ,bridges and irrigation ditches have been,
<br />i,washed:outthro4Qhout ,a 22D-squara-mile area.,,::
<br />~Y'northeast of Greeley,according to county officials."'"
<br />,;iMajo[,damageis 'jocatedi.n;anar~a 'bordered, by"
<br />",iColo:'14 onthe north, Golo;263 orA Street onthe,.
<br />:':;south;;U,S. 85 onthe west,:.and Weld County ROad" '
<br />)'.~790ntheeast'';i ,,:,: ",,, " ',,;.',i.,..<;; - '~-<~"._-"
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<br />mal depth of the ditch."
<br />The problem, he said, will be
<br />finding the right kind of fill dut to
<br />repair the ditch.
<br />"If we can find the right kind
<br />of din we might be able to get it
<br />fixed this week. If we can't. iI's
<br />going to be longer," he said, The
<br />rain, Foose_ said, should lake
<br />fanners through the week without
<br />menced of irrigation water.
<br />"But if we can't get the ditch
<br />fixed and if is doesn't rain
<br />anymore, we could be in trouble;"
<br />Foose said.
<br />The high winds and some hail
<br />damaged crops throughout _the
<br />.county. Western Sugar Co. of.
<br />ficials this morning said 2,097
<br />acres of beets are damaged.. In
<br />addition, 1,000 acres of onions are
<br />damaged and best eslimates on
<br />other crops placed the damage
<br />total at more than 10,000 acres.
<br />
<br />Bob Abrams, agricultural
<br />manager with (he sugar company,
<br />s;lid the real problem is debris
<br />silting into fields.
<br />
<br />'''We even saw cement ditches
<br />washed au! this morning. It's go-
<br />ing to be a real big project to get.
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<br />See STORM. Page A 10
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<br />of 3.7 inches were common
<br />throughout Weld.
<br />Greeley gOl an official 3.40 in-
<br />ches, said Glen Cobb, meteorolo-
<br />gist at the University of Northern
<br />Colorado. The rain brought the
<br />year's total tojust over 11 inches.
<br />"Of thal year's tolaI almost 50
<br />perCenl has come in lWo storms -
<br />this one this weekend and the
<br />weekend stonn in early June,"
<br />Cobb said. Greeley got almost
<br />2.50 inches in the June 3.4 storm;
<br />
<br />only .01 of an inch of precipita~
<br />tion was recorded between the
<br />two systems.
<br />Richard Foose, superintendent
<br />of the No.2 ditch of the Cache la
<br />Poudre Irrigation Co., said the
<br />north lateral of the ditch was
<br />washed out in 22 places over a
<br />13~mi1e slretch.
<br />"I've never seen anything like
<br />it in my life," Foose Said this
<br />morning. "In one place, it is
<br />washed out 6 feet below the nor-
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<br />By BOB KRETSCHMAI
<br />Tribul'>$S!atfWolar
<br />
<br />Beginning Tuesday,
<br />Colorado will. pay morC'
<br />taxes and motor vehicle J
<br />But a member of
<br />Highway Commission fJ
<br />said the public prob:
<br />notice - the effects of thl
<br />nue, which is earn.
<br />highway improvements.
<br />Highway Commissiol
<br />Hall said the new taxc
<br />estimated to raise $58. i
<br />frscal year 1989~1990, \
<br />speed up highway prajl
<br />around the state.
<br />"It (the acceleration)
<br />be noticed;" he said.
<br />"" ,- The extra fWlding, a]
<br />':'lhe sUite Legislature duri~
<br />session in June"wlll_be:
<br />$285.6 million currentl
<br />by the Colorado Dep',
<br />Highways for constructio
<br />the new funds will enabl(
<br />jects 10 be completed's
<br />they would be without
<br />money.
<br />Of the new funds estiJ
<br />available in 1989-90, $3
<br />will be used for state
<br />Counties will receive $1
<br />cities will get'S9.8 milIio
<br />million will go to IDe
<br />bridge fund.
<br />
<br />The new money will b,
<br />by a 2~cent.per-gallon i
<br />the state gasoline tax IDl
<br />effect Tuesday. An au
<br />cents will be added on Jan
<br />With the 2-cenl ir.
<br />motorist whose car gets 2.
<br />gallon and who drives Hi
<br />per year will pay an exu
<br />ing the next year.
<br />
<br />Motor vehicle regislr8
<br />increase by an average (
<br />vehicle on Tuesday. 0\,
<br />pay an extra $12 for vel
<br />than 7 years old, an exu
<br />vehicles 7 .to 9 years 0]
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<br />State r
<br />workf,
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<br />STAFF AND WIRE REP<
<br />The state Department
<br />Services is reviewing VI
<br />ty's workfare program ii
<br />to allegations that it viola
<br />regulations by underpa\
<br />single-parent households:
<br />But Weld County offic
<br />controversy surrounding
<br />f'r,om i~ t>!1~f'il ...n l'hil"...
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