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<br /> <br />STORMS from Page 18 <br /> <br />front of his .doors to keep the mud <br />from claiming his real estate busi- <br />ness, <br />"I've only got mud in one corner <br />of the office. I'm really lucky," Og- <br />den said. <br />In the Four Corners area, a mud- <br />slide 200 feet wide and 6 feet deep <br />buried a rura I county road north- <br />west of Durango, stranding more <br />than a dozen campers and hunters <br />while road crews worked to re- <br />move the muck. <br />"Some of the campers told rile <br />the rain and hail came down unbe- <br />lievably fast right before the slide. <br />They said they couldn't see 50 feet <br />in front of them," said Butch <br />.'Knowlton, director of emergency <br />preparedneSs for La Plata County. <br />Several trailers in a mobile ceiving traces, the National Weatn- <br />home park west of Durango were er Service reported. ' <br />threatened by the rapidly rising , <br />waters of Junction Creek, and Weather watchers are waiting <br />, county workers struggled to shore anxiously for the next batch of <br />A bronze plaque will take anoth- up a dike on Vallecito Creek north storms, on the heels of Hurricane <br />er application and another 60.90 of Bayfield in a successful effort to Nora, expected to hit western Coil>' <br />days, Hall said he was told. protect several subdivisions down- rado by Thursday. ' <br />"I said, 'Well, I've waited a stream. <br />year.' I said, 'If I got to stick it in Four' inches of rain fell overnight "We're watching Nora very <br />the pantry' and then when things S t d P S' d closely - almost hourly, in fact, ~ <br />a ur ay near agosa prmgs, an Knowlton said. i <br />began thaw out next spring, go up there water commissioners there were _ <br />and put the deal on the grave,' .. it watching the San Juan and Rio "People need to be aware of the <br />ngs to- would be bronze, Blanco rivers rise to levels normal- weather trends and realize that the <br />lrport-, "I feckon I'll get a'marker some ly seen during spring runoff. right circumstances seem to' be <br />Ind he time, but .when I've got it in my Snow was patchy throughout the coming together for truly danger! <br />selec-... hand 111 believe it," Hall said. state, with areas above 13,000 re- ous f100d,ing." . I <br /> <br /> <br />lIutgI~ property owners raise,their taxes.: <br />, <br />Ions,; <br /> <br />I~NVER POST <br /> <br /> <br />Denver Post flle photo <br />t the site in Wyoming where their son, 2nd <br />I crash on Aug. 17, 1996, Hels buried on a <br />area home. <br /> <br />that a <br />going <br />'ld." <br />ce 'and <br />.thorse . <br />inter- <br />\ loose <br /> <br />Hon of red granite and black gran- <br />ite and some real nice marble here. <br />and we can have you one by the <br />end of the week.' <br />"I .said, 'No. I wanted a bronze <br />one.' " <br /> <br />-(erans <br />ten to <br />n aide <br />,. '.We <br /> <br />-n first <br />s final,. <br />'next <br />yown- <br />asked' . <br /> <br />gle, supports the special district. <br /> <br />The Golden Triangle is experi- <br />. encing a renaissance of sorts in a <br />neighborhood bounded by Colfax'. <br />"'''~nl''' toith~ north. Soeer ROllt.... <br /> <br />"f', <br />Tuesday, September 23,1997 <br /> <br />Forecasters (bar <br />Pacific storms . <br />. 'will bring floods~ <br /> <br />Builders hope to capitalize on <br />cultural amenities such as the Den- <br />,ver Museum of Art and the Denver <br />Central Library to spawn activity . <br />in the Golden Triangle. <br /> <br />are being replaced with <br />stores and streetscaping. <br />Some critics fear working-class' <br />residents might get priced out:or' <br />the neighborhood that could ~ <br /> <br />I <br />