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" -. .. ;, . ~ . . . \ . ~:::~::::::::::{::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::~:'::::~:;;:~:~'~~(!.(,~\~:;'~~,:.;~;;?~,~~:~~~~~.::.:.::.:::;::,::~,:::::~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'>:"::~.::~;::::::::::::'::::-:'<: ...... ~ co C\l u o THE r-- / . ~...:, ."..-..,-....... ..:::::,./.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _'J -V~I.-; NO.3 ': ....n.15.1986 FrUltaj Mesa~coun~ Coloradcr~~ "' _ 25 cents:peF"coPV:C Farmersfearf~1 of possible.feder~1 water ':grab?:~:' 'i:~:';':.; ;~'-';';;'_~' Some local farmers don't want to give up control of their laterals as the Bureau of Reclama- tion wants them to. , s'om~ fa~me~s in 'the 'Grand Val. ley are alarmed and concerned that a water ~rab by the federal ~vern. ment may be in the makin~ as the second phase of the Bureau of Recla. malion's salinity control project be$fins to ~et underway. -The farmers, shareholders in the Grand Valley IrriJration Company. are wary of part of the second phase project that would. they believe. turn control of their laterals (and oerhaps even the water in them) over to the federal ~o\'crnment. The g'overnment would then decide what imporvements would be made to the ditches. Many of the farmers have already invested years and tens of thousands of dollars improv. iO$f their own irriRation- ditches. Eventually the battle could involve everyone in the valley. some think. But now the skirmish begins with a small ~roup of farmers. They are shareholders in the Grand Valley Irrigation Co., a mut- ual irrigation orj,tanization that was formed back in 1882 to provide water to make the valley's desert bloom. It would seem these farmers are fighting against themselves,. since '. at this stage their battle is with the irrigation company that they are part of. However, the company is an entity that finds itself caught in the middle between its farmer- members and a much bigger entity .March 22,1985. killings of his par- It was learned last week th~t the _ the (ederal government: . ents, Ralph and Glenda South at defense will argue that the defend- The g-roundwork for thisconfron- their rural home near Fruita. He ant was a "battered child." com par. tation was laid when the United does not face the death penalty since ing the case to one in Wyoming in States entered into an international Colorado law prohibits executing which a boy killed his father agreement that called for desalini. anyone who was under 18 at the because both he and his sister were zation (removing the salt) of the time of the crime. However. he is being abused. In the Wyoming case. waters of the Colorado River as it being tried as an adult. the youth was originally charged headed southwestward to Mexico. Jury selection is expected to take with first degree murder but was -In more recent years, specific therestofthisweek.especiallysince convicted of manslaughter. action in this direction was taken the defense had unsuccessfu lIy One of the first witnesses sche- with passage by Congress of the sought a chan~e of venue. contend- duled to be called in the South trial Colorado River Basin Salinity Con. ing the defendant could not ~et a will.be Fruita police officer Bar!'ey trol Act in 1974 (amended in 1980). fair trial in Mesa County because of TydmjZ"S who was one of the first C . pre. trial publicity. _ officers to arrive at the death scene.._ ":~; . ontlOued on page 3. f': ;~~~? , ,-':'"". '. . " " '.N: :,~.::-. . from Sweden, Brit Sinomsen from Norway. and Mads Jes persen of Denmark. ~ ,f ... . ~""... - ".~...;~ ,:-..:"" Fruita policeman is expected to testify -,,1. .,_.,.'-",-;, '.~"",:;" t ~~ '-,' ~<fJI ._.....u ~.._.._- Murder trial~f Merle South set to begin today. .r_.'" . The rirst-de~ree murder i"riaI 'oi Merle South, 17. Fruita youth char~ed with killing his parents, is scheduled to be~in today, Jan. 15, in Mesa County District Court. .-' A move by defense lawyers on Jan. 6 to delay the trial was denied by District Judge Larry Marquez. The public defender's office had asked to postpone the trial so that a Denver public defender. who nor- mally specializes in c:o.pital crime defenses, could join South's defense team. The youth is charged with the ,~. .~.. ..~_. . ';.; '.- \~