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<br />3 counties declared federal disaster area
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<br />Grants, low-interest
<br />loans open to those
<br />bowled over by flood
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<br />President Clinton declared
<br />three nood-strickcn Colorado
<br />counties a federal disaster afca
<br />Friddy as carly estimates of the
<br />rlama~c caused by swollen creeks
<br />topped the 5125 million mark.
<br />Guv. Roy Romer pr.siM.-d the
<br />prcsidcnt's quick action.
<br />The federal disaster dcsi~a.
<br />tion will make grants and \0.....-
<br />inlac~t loans availa.~1t to indj.
<br />viduals. bu~incs~cs and
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<br />governments in Larimer, ~1organ
<br />and Logan counties.
<br />:\othing ....iU make up for the
<br />five lost livcs when storm.fueled
<br />flood waters savaged parts of Fort
<br />Collins this week, but the federal
<br />help can launch some return to
<br />normalcy, Romer s.aid.
<br />People seeking help from the
<br />Federal Emcrr::cncy ~1anagcmcnt
<br />Agency were ad\;sed to call (800)
<br />462-9029.
<br />In some cases, checks can be
<br />Vlnttcn immediately.
<br />"They knew how scvere this
<br />problem ....-as,.. said Romer. who
<br />lalked to Clinton aides in the
<br />"'hitc House to urJ:::c prompt ac-
<br />tion.
<br />Dollar C'.itimates on the total
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<br />DPS chief rejects
<br />feds' allegations
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<br />Moskowitz says Denver
<br />sch(x)ls working on
<br />better bilingual prClg;-;lm
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<br />\lo"CtUld lx' fnrr('d nut hdort' thq'
<br />an- prt,ficicnt.
<br />Th.lt plan c;tmc ;Iflt'r prt'S~Uft'
<br />fr(lm II1~p.l.nic 1l";ldt:r~ Jnd from .1
<br />fcdc..nlla......sUlI u\"("r poor bllmJ,.'tJ.11
<br />anstructum.
<br />"Wc know .....1." hAve 5<Ornt' hnks
<br />an our pffiKTJm, ,md .....1.".,..1." inh:nd.
<br />l'd fll fix It .Jnlt.....e h.lVe ht:en fixinf.t
<br />It," ~tu~IUlW1IZ ""ld. "nut more
<br />IhAn lhoIt, ....(. h.l\.c put h)~l.tht'r J
<br />pl.1n III .1IMIl'n
<br />1- the nl l'd~ of
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<br />loss arc prelimi-
<br />nary, but the
<br />damage al Col-
<br />orado State Uni-
<br />versity in Fort
<br />Collins alonc
<br />appeared hefty.
<br />Twcnty.fivc
<br />buildings on the
<br />campus suffered'
<br />water damaJ:::c.
<br />y,;th thc worst
<br />occurrinR at the
<br />library and thc
<br />student union.
<br />"I've heard from CSU that
<br />wc'rc looking at any"".here from
<br />$75 million to $125 million," said
<br />Scn, Elsie Lacy, R.Aurora, thc
<br />chair of the ICglslatin: joint budt::t,t
<br />committee,
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<br />. Damage at
<br />csu greater
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<br />heved/6A
<br />. 15,000
<br />acres of
<br />farmland de.
<br />s~/6A
<br />. Chatfield,
<br />Cherry Creek
<br />beaches
<br />closed/l).A
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<br />Lacy said there was "'dter dam- sees the Office of EmerJlcnq
<br />age at the Univcrsity of Colorado ~1anaRcmcnt, SJ:id he .lnd 1.1-
<br />in Boulder and that :-O:ortheast Ju- Gov. Gail Schoettler would be in
<br />nior College in Sterling ......as rc- Sterling toda)' to open .1 simil.u
<br />porting more than S1 mil:ion in office,
<br />damage. Colorado Tr-ansporution Dc.
<br />The dama~e stemmed from sc. partmcnt spokcsnun [bn Hop-
<br />\'ere storms that led to flash floods kins said the estinutC"d n"....: ..:.d
<br />and mudslides, bridge dama~e for the sUte t()o
<br />In Fort Collins, where the C010-- talcd SI million 10 the three ~oun.
<br />rado Office of Emergency ~1an. ~ti~51 .but tf:M docs not. include
<br />agement and local officials set up a cotinty and city rNd <b.~c,
<br />joint office, officials reported that The bulk of the lilnuKc in-
<br />100 homt:'s were destroyed by the \'oh'cd a l00-ton concrt'tc box cuJ.
<br />flood y,~Jters, R6 homes had major _ \'en th.t w;r,s orT"icd 50 fed dO'A1\__
<br />damage. and more than 200 sul. l'a....llcc Creek - oJ loss cstinutt:d
<br />fered minimal damage.. at SS<Xl,OOO. _
<br />Larry KallcnbcrJ:::cr, ex('cuti\'c As a fcsult. Coklndo 71 bc-..
<br />director uf the IkpartnH:nl of Lo- tween Slont:h.ull .1Ild r\.lmb.ill.
<br />cal Affairs. the a~cnc)' that o\'er- ~eb., ""ill be closed two .......<<ks.
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