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<br />The Den\ler Post Saturday, July 17, 1982
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<br />Cleanup PUShl
<br />In Estes Park
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<br />, scoops mud out of the Gracralt Sho~ in Esles Park. Crews battled against the clock as silt from the Ilood began turning hard.
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<br />lerfunding Foiled Dam Inspections
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<br />and ordered Pascoe Jo indude a discussion of
<br />what resources would be needed lo inspect all
<br />2,2-49 ~tate dams e\lery year,
<br />The stale's eight dam Inspectors lake a look
<br />at about 'one.half the dams annually. O'Brien
<br />said those lnspecUons normally would lnclude
<br />the 600 dams considered to be moderate or high
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<br />But much of the In!.-pectors' Umeover the
<br />pa:.t several years has bet.>n diverted to re.ln-
<br />spectmg aU dams Ul the h1gh.hazard category to
<br />meet requirements of a federal dam safety law,
<br />she said. .
<br />The dl'partment saw the diverting of In!.-pec.
<br />tors. ~~ a ~rt.tenn. p~blem: ~nd fel~ t~y
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<br />.A' nODded 40 square miles of \and in rural Weld
<br />County at a co~t or more than $1 m~n, that
<br />~ limit (orces state agencies lo Lamm's Office of State Planning and Budget
<br />rams too dose to the bone, Uie forwarded a request for more dam inspectors
<br />nade a pomt clI.ch year of holding from the State Din'ilon of Water Resources to
<br />lesls wilhinthe law. ....the Legislature.
<br />fficiala immediall!ly responSIble . Even that request was trtmmed more than
<br />-ctlon had tned to gt't more 0\- : half by another state official before it reached
<br />6, and agaUl in 1977, followOlg the_,. Lamm's office. What I.amm's budget expert.<;
<br />IdOlg 01 the BIg Thompson Can,".I;requested eventually was approved by the Leg.
<br />19 people died.. t':.':~ lslaturt:.
<br />quest nevt'r was transmittt'd"to _'. O'Brien said Friday l.amm has asked Monte
<br />! by the governor's bu~et office" Pascoe, director of the State Department of
<br />11 acted on their own In 1m by Natural Resources, to personaUy reView the
<br />the responsible ~tate agency con- Lawn Lake dam break near Estes Park to
<br />ng employee poSllions to dam Ul. determtne what should be done to "minimize
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<br />CLEANUP From 1.A
<br />Wl'fe warnt>d of the nood and 'had
<br />left the area near the dam. Bul
<br />they retunlOO minutes before the
<br />flood crashed down the !-'all River
<br />to save their campUlg equipment,
<br />officials said other cam[l('rs report.
<br />ed, .
<br />As poUce, park service employ"
<br />ees and volunteers condut'ted the
<br />search, hundreds put their backs
<br />blto the task of removing tons of
<br />mud from more than 100 damaged
<br />stores. The merchants were, lor
<br />the most part, philosophical about
<br />their bad luck.
<br />"These are the breaks," saW
<br />My Rice, 59, owner of ,the K~tes
<br />Park TImes and Okl Fashion Can-
<br />dy Slore on t-:lkhorn Av~riue._ "It
<br />would have been nice if'. It dldn.t
<br />happen, but it did happen, so you
<br />clean it up and carryon."
<br />Mrs_ Rire'sestablishmentprints
<br />mock newl>'P"jJ('rs with headlines
<br />dlctall'dbyhercuslomers: ."
<br />.'It is, however, a measure of
<br />your frtl'nds," Mrs. Rice said, ges.
<br />luring toward her c1earnng com.
<br />parnon. ,
<br />Laura Jimenez, 38, owner of The
<br />!-:mporlum, another EJkhorn Ave-
<br />nue business, was in a sardonic
<br />mood as she pusht'd the OO~ from
<br />hcrshop.
<br />"We can be grateful our building
<br />is sUll standing," Mrs. Jimenez
<br />said. "You can always fmd somt'-
<br />thing to be gratefuJ for."
<br />Although t:Stes Park and Rorky
<br />Mountaln National Park are once
<br />agaln open to tourists, there will be
<br />no parking on Elkhom Avenue for
<br />atleasla wt't.'k, and the pUb!Jc will
<br />be forbidden to enter the search
<br />area,officiaJ.ssakl.
<br />The lawn's sewer MeS suffered
<br />extl'nsive damage, and some raw
<br />sewage bel'ame mixed with nood
<br />~~t~rs,. ~fficiaJ.s. urg~ res.id~nls.l~
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<br />Estes Park':
<br />Hero 'Just I
<br />Garbage M
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<br />By BILL MCBEAN
<br />oen...PoslSt-offW"*
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<br />t-:Stes Park Mayor U.
<br />gent had high praise 1"
<br />3(l.year-old garbage ma
<br />Glll~Ue, who Wll.:> the
<br />alert the slft'ping tow
<br />Thursday morning's no
<br />"I[ it hadn't been
<br />this Oood could hav
<br />more lives than the Bl,!
<br />son Oood of 1!176," Trl'1
<br />during a bnefing jo'rid
<br />noon..
<br />Gillette, II. graduate ,
<br />ell lIlgh SChool in
<br />Springs and the Unlv
<br />Northern Colora/.1o,
<br />cle:irhedoesn'tlikeU
<br />i1.edrnlhepress
<br />"I'm not II. hero," h
<br />an Olterview later, "
<br />the garbage man."
<br />Tregl"nt begged tl
<br />"Boy, this genUema
<br />Ii\les," Tr..g~nt said
<br />mll.ny,Ican'tsay,but
<br />tlemandeser\'ellTeCog
<br />Gillette, who Uves
<br />Park, IS an employe,
<br />Trash Service, lhe fir
<br />h.1S a contract to eml
<br />Side barrels in Rocky
<br />National Park.
<br />'"I badgotll'nalmost
<br />ing Creek (near wher,
<br />l"rosses jo"all River)
<br />heard Ih~ noise.! wen
<br />yards furUier, then 1
<br />intoreverse,"GWettei
<br />"J went to the La'
<br />trail head to phone the
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