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<br />.. r",o,j " ') ""! <br />uU.l.:];;; <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Lower Soutlz Platte Hater C011ServilDcy District ... <br />Box 1725 - 80751 - Sterling, Colorado <br />November 19. 1968 <br />OAT E <br /> <br /> <br />Subjecb <br />Release <br /> <br />Field Hearing on Narrows Unit <br /> <br />Dale: <br /> <br />November 20,. 1968. <br />Sfeltlut4, 5ZZ-137r <br />B'lII4I., r4Z - "40 <br /> <br />. 1-" <br /> <br />?~ ~ttLU4t ~ eaIt 8.ue 7Q~ <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />;; <br /> <br />.J. <br /> <br />, <br />,. <br /> <br />" ,~ <br />,I"" ",j'-,. <br />h~- <br /> <br />_ ~~ \'J <br /> <br />j <br />. <br /> <br />jl. <br /> <br />Fort Morgan, NO~[;19 -- The people of the lower South Platte <br /> <br />River valley will have a chance on Monday,November 25, to take a <br /> <br />long stride into the future, when a public hearing on the proposed <br /> <br />Narrows Dam will be held in the REA Building in Fort Morgan. Vice- <br /> <br />president Millard Huey, Fort Morgan, of the Lower South Platte Water <br /> <br />Conservancy District said today that an overflow crowd is expected. <br /> <br />"Abouttw%ty-five organizations and individuals are expected <br /> <br />to solidly endorse the $62 million project", Huey stated, "in test i- <br /> <br />mony to be presented before the Sub-committee on Irrigation and Re- <br /> <br />clamation. Indications are. that dozens of letters, statements and <br /> <br />resolutions favoring the damhav~ already been prepared for pre~enta- <br /> <br />tion to the committee. We have been working hard for this project <br /> <br />and don't intend to let the interest die as it did in the 1950's. <br /> <br />We'll keep plugging until the dirt .flies.". <br /> <br />Don Hamil, of Sterling, District president, reports that the <br />. . . <br /> <br />project is strongly favored by most people in the District. "Our <br /> <br />board of Directors realizes its responsibility to the protection <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. . <br />