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<br />;ommunily
<br />Bulletin
<br />Board
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<br />Bond election
<br />bond election revo\c for
<br />xtunHospiulladditionwHi
<br />csday, August 8, from 7
<br />,7p,m.lltUJcBusy.Hands.
<br />001 on West Fletcher in
<br />,.
<br />
<br />, Bond in Haxtun
<br />
<br />Dick Bond (0), candidate
<br />ngrcssman H.mk Brown's
<br />'iIlbcinHaxlunMonday,
<br />t 7. Dlllle Silvcrhorn
<br />ollsMrom 12.2 p.m. Bond
<br />:.nllyastaUlTcprcsentativc
<br />)jslIicl50. whichincJudcs
<br />y, PubJic is welcome.
<br />
<br />'Jwling meeting
<br />'Okc Women's Bowling
<br />PtionwjIJholdth6irnnnual
<br />gAuguulOlll7p..ndnlhc
<br />y Krock' at Holyoke. All
<br />:rsarcwctcomc.,
<br />
<br />r:cc meeting
<br />
<br />, will be meeting August
<br />:amp Morrison in Morri-
<br />)10. Personsin\Crcstcdin
<br />liS may conWCI Eldon
<br />fOTocUlils.
<br />'lational CCCConvcnLion
<br />; SCpL,II-J5 in Day tOO,
<br />
<br />~'uest preacher
<br />
<br />I Dye, 'former .Haxlun
<br />Illlh tCllchcr, will ,bc gucst
<br />:rat Immanuel Lutheran
<br />in Haxlun ,Simdoy, Au-
<br />It !0:30a.m. A fellowship
<br />dinner-will follow the
<br />The commuflily is in-
<br />attend.
<br />vire, Annc:wiJ] also pc.
<br />,yhim.__
<br />
<br />!lvival services
<br />
<br />'alserviccsarebcingh'cld
<br />rkvillc Buffalo Gms
<br />(If the NavueM $ta,rling
<br />August 4, Ibroogh Sun-
<br />gust 6, The-Braaten fam-
<br />clislSsingtogethor,play
<br />of inSlrunicnlS and
<br />lmoogh preaching.
<br />and Sllwfday services
<br />.m. SUllda.yserviccsare
<br />. and 6 p,m. The publ(c
<br />
<br />Ladies meeting
<br />& H Ladies Golf Asso-
<br />cetingwi/.lbchcldatthc
<br />Mondtly,.August7,at
<br />
<br />
<br />directories
<br />ated version or the
<br />Hay Dircclory is now.
<br />I.tlislS'163procluccrsin
<br />hohavehayforsale.
<br />opy, wtitcto thcColo-
<br />nmC'i\\.o.fAgricullllre,
<br />jvision,1525Sherman
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<br />THEH' AXTUN '.
<br />,'.' , '. ERALD
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<br />Heavy rains cause flooding from Frenchman Creek:
<br />Paoli gets slight rain but is under water; drinking water possibly contamir
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<br />Hospital District voters asl
<br />
<br />to return to the polls on At
<br />Volersin Haxton Hospil.al DislriCl
<br />arebeingaskedloreturtltothepolls
<br />on Aug. 8 10 reaffirm their vote ill
<br />favorofa~.58milllevyinCJ'ea:se. .
<br />.Thequestion,originallyputb:efore
<br />v6iers on May 2, passed' with over
<br />ninelypercenl oltheS32 baJlolscast
<br />CBIl)'iIlgayes.
<br />The Dislrict seeks the mill levy
<br />increase 10' fund $373,000 of the
<br />proposed $15 million nursing home
<br />. additionprojecl.. Therevoteisneces-
<br />sat)' doe to an error in publishing a
<br />,egaI notice surrounding the bond
<br />election.
<br />Considering lhe overwhelming
<br />Supporl: oftbe project by votets, the
<br />Di$ttict is going forward with plans
<br />forthebuildingprojectandha"eal.
<br />ready received a commitmenl from
<br />Heginbolharn Trost for $200,000.
<br />$100,000 has been added to Ihe tolal
<br />the District must raise from other
<br />
<br />inches from coming illlO Ihe win-
<br />dowsofhislraJleronthesouthedge
<br />of town. His fumitureand caipcting
<br />isroined,hesays,andhisinsllrance
<br />wiUnotcovertlledamages. "llive30
<br />miles' (rom II river, Who'd have
<br />thoughl I'd nced fIood insurance?"
<br />According to Paoli Mayor Virgil
<br />Hatms, 'other Paoli residents are in
<br />thesamesitualion. "Idon'tkn-owof
<br />anyone that had flood Insurance,".he
<br />says. "You've gOllo have that spe-
<br />. cificalJy listed Oil the policy for it 10
<br />be covered,"
<br />Residents said tM:\, watched Itac.
<br />tor lires and a refrigeralOr floating by
<br />on Highway 6. Johnson noled anan-
<br />tique car was also moved about half
<br />abloc~fori(5originalparkingplace.
<br />"Aflerthisdriesout,I'lJhavetogelit
<br />back," he says.
<br />Leo Fisbeck, manager of the raou
<br />Coop~levator. says waLer did notget
<br />intogtain storage bins, but there is
<br />damage in the office basement and
<br />
<br />I live 30 mnes Irom a river. Who'd have thoughll'd.need Iload
<br />Insurance?
<br />
<br />By DEB KUGLER
<br />MrIQ.".!IIOf/l>loI"rtpontf
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<br />-Doll Johnsoo,. Paoli fe:sidem
<br />Paul (Kathleen'S husband) said thaI In all the years he's lived here,
<br />he's never seen water like that. .
<br />-Kalhleen Bomhoft, Fleming resiclent,
<br />. stranded at St. Peler'S during storm
<br />
<br />Paoli residenls were pumping
<br />baseMents and assessing damage
<br />Monday after heavy rains in other
<br />areas eaused severe flooding
<br />throughout Ute entire <<,-Nn, Al-
<br />though Paoli received just lWO-
<br />le~lhsofaninchoCraininSunday's
<br />slorm, Illey had to ~etll with the
<br />runofffrom other areas thatreccived
<br />belween two and six inches'of rain.
<br />The storm mQved slowly across
<br />northeastern Colorado Sunday
<br />moming, dUnlpingheaV)' tains and
<br />some hail. While most of the area
<br />near Haxtun and Fleming reported
<br />3-3.5im:hcsofrain,reportsfromme
<br />
<br />Dailey area estimate as much as six
<br />illChesfelliJlashontime.
<br />Damage in the towns of Humn
<br />and Fleming WliS minimal, with just
<br />a few instances of localized flooding
<br />or water in basements.
<br />Frenchman Creek oo.:aJile 8 four-
<br />foot wall ofwate.rin sOme places, as
<br />it roared through St. Peter's, and
<br />backed up at8 bridge west of Paoli,
<br />
<br />diverting water throughout Ihe lown,
<br />Don Johnson of Paoli says be was
<br />wamed just a few minutes before the
<br />water hit. "Clair Pillard and Jim
<br />McBee warned us the water was com.
<br />ing," he said. "IshllltheelectrialyofC
<br />atmy trailer at 5:10 p.m, Ten minllles:
<br />latet Ihewater was here. II was four
<br />foot high aJ)d a half mile wide.,"
<br />Johnson Sllys the water lacked just si,e
<br />
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<br />OI,..ldpbolO"&)C...l5<Iott
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<br />DEBRIS is backed agalnsllhe bridge wesl of Paoli, shown In background. This photo was
<br />. taken about 6 p.rit., almost an hour after the crest of waler hi~ Paoli. JIfghway 6 was closed until
<br />"round 10 p.m.
<br />
<br />thecleallingplallt.'"
<br />underthescaJe,andb
<br />an inspection. dOOr,
<br />lhe waler to enter I
<br />~e were walching
<br />ovcr the scale,~ he sa
<br />. (plsasssQspaollf
<br />
<br />Crop dama
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<br />minimal,
<br />
<br />says ASCS
<br />
<br />Monserrato Conde.
<br />tural SUlbilization and
<br />Service'ofticeinHoly
<br />although a lot of soil
<br />the flooding, Crop dal
<br />serious enough torepl
<br />"Ron Koberstein
<br />ASCS,llndlwentout,
<br />"anlage to assess, a!
<br />damage," Conde saic
<br />quiteabitoferos;on,
<br />
<br />sources, but $100,000
<br />niitmcnt from Ihe COr
<br />another~170,OOO.
<br />Heginbolhamapprovl
<br />$100,000 on thecondili
<br />munity conltibulio
<br />$200,000 of Ihe loW I
<br />otherSOurccs,
<br />The DiSlricl'S thennOl
<br />ing fund raising effort.:
<br />t013[ of $230,000 last w
<br />talal. $30,000 has been
<br />contributors in the
<br />S100,OOO is from lJ1e hO!
<br />tal Reserve Fund,llIldIt
<br />$100,000 shows Hegint
<br />tialgral'll
<br />Voting to reaCfirm VI'
<br />will take placc from 7a.
<br />attheBusyHandsPrescl
<br />FletcherSlleel;nexldo<
<br />Community Hospit.al. I
<br />'s,ons must be rcgistcrcd
<br />
<br />New Postmaster, Alyce Madison, installed at Haxl
<br />
<br />Office whilelivinginFireslOll<lwhere
<br />she continucs 10 own a home. '
<br />PriorlOjoining IhePostal Service,
<br />she worked with, Civil Service at
<br />Lowrey AFe in Denver. Her job
<br />entailcdauditing-airbasefinances..
<br />A native of Ogallala, Nebr., she
<br />moved 10 the Denver area in 1970
<br />and continued to live there until her'
<br />'job took her to Firestone, Presenlly
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<br />by JEAN GRAV
<br />.Pub'I.htrl.I.~..p_r
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<br />She promised there would besfew
<br />changes because of a new phase the "-
<br />Poslal Servi~e js preseiltly undergo-
<br />ing. but said she would wait until
<br />later to udk about them.
<br />One change she later reponed will
<br />be in lObby houts, The new hours,
<br />which oo.:omeeffcctiveonMonclay,
<br />AlIg. 5; are Monday through Friday,
<br />8 a,m. to 12 noon and 12:3
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<br />'AlyccJv!'adisonsaysshefeJtaUttle
<br />nervous wilen she walkcd into the
<br />Haxtlln Post Office lobby on Mon-
<br />day and saw the crowd. She needn't
<br />havebeen,itwasjuslmembetsofthe
<br />communitycomelowelcomeherand
<br />watch asshelook heroath as HaxtOn's
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