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<br /> <br />8 Montrose t\lornin~ Sun Frida)', Ma)"31, 1996 <br /> <br />9 Local <br /> <br />. <br />Renfrow's <br />From p<tge 1 <br />Montrose fit that"image and that <br />cu~tomer, for us. <br />Although Heilig-Meyen is a <br />very large company, Hall said <br />thai they "try to operate each of <br />our stores like small-town fur- <br />niture stores." <br />Renfrows' employees will be <br /> <br />Canyon <br />From page 1 <br /> <br />Recreation Area with the <br />national park !\ystem. explained <br />Tyler Martineau, manager of <br />the Upper Gunlllson Di!\tricL <br />"\I,'e h:lve been asked by <br />John Chapman, the superinten- <br />dent of Curecanti. if we would <br />support Curecanli bi.-coming a <br />unit of the national park sys- <br />tem:' Martineau said. "It would <br />help with their funding and it's <br />something the park ~ervice has <br />sought for a long time:' <br />Martineau recommended the <br />board support that part of the <br />bill. <br />However, upon urging from <br />board member Lee Spann, the <br />board agreed to try to protect <br />water rights in the Upper <br />Gunnison Basin by attempting <br />to add one sentence to the fed- <br />erallegislation. <br />0.' Ihink we're missing a <br />great opportunity by nOI puning <br /> <br />given the opportunity to contin- <br />ue working at the stores. Les <br />Renfrow commented that he <br />wasn'l sure what he was going <br />to do next, beside!>. '"take off a <br />few days." He said that, al 47, <br />he thought he "might just learn <br />to play golf." <br /> <br />inlo Ihe bjll thaI the Aspinall <br />Unit continue to operate as it <br />historically has," Spann said. <br />The Aspinall Unit is comprised <br />of Blue t-.lesa, Morrow Point <br />and Crystal reservoirs. <br />The Upper Gunnison h3s <br />fought for continued we~tw;lrd <br />movemenl of water 10 help pre- <br />vent transmountain div~rsions <br />of water to the Front Range. <br />Arapahoe CounlY, located <br />soulh of Denver, would like to <br />divert thousands of gallons of <br />Western Slope water 10 its cili- <br />zens. <br />"Our Iiule amendment would <br />solve many of our problems <br />and il would only have to be <br />one little senlence," Spann said. <br />.'If anything will kill this <br />bill, it's adding language aboul <br />water," cautioned Board <br />Member Ramon Reed. He said <br />the word .'operation" could be <br /> <br />rY: <br />'r <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />Clyde Renfrow. the proud founder of Renfrow's way back in the '''Os. w'atches ",'ilh his wife <br />Carohn. as thc kClS and the reins (0 the Iw'o Renfl"Ow's furniture stores are handed over to <br />Hcili~:!\teyers I'ul'"llilure Compau}', <Photo by Mu}'is Rnlnett) <br /> <br />added without Ihe negative <br />effect of adding the word <br />"water:' <br />"The existence of a nalional <br />park in Ihis basin could help <br />prolect what we have now. It <br />would be a stronger presence <br />on Ihe rh'er 10 pre\'ent the Irans- <br />mounlain diversion thaI we're <br />facing at this point," Reed said. <br /> <br />BUlch Clark, anolher board <br />member, called the ....'ording on <br />waler in the bill "weird." <br />'The wording to me raises a <br />big red flag," Clark said. "It <br />says it's supposed to protect <br />existing water rights," The <br />problem. he said. is that Ihe bill <br />doesn't define what's exisling. <br />Clark abslained on the <br /> <br />motion to allempl to add lan- <br />guage to the bill 10 protect <br />water rig his in the Upper <br />Gunnison Basin while everyone <br />else vOled in favor of iL The <br />board also voled to support the <br />bill. <br />Campbell is conducting a <br />field hearing on the bill today in <br />Montrose. <br /> <br />- .1 <br />,I <br /> <br />