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<br />The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company <br /> <br />;) <br /> <br />President's Report <br /> <br />To The Stockholders Of The Amity <br /> <br />Mutual Irrigation Company <br /> <br />Ladies & Gentlemen, <br /> <br />1988 was again an excellent irrigation year for the Amity. <br />In June, the amount of water we had stored looked like it would <br />last through the 1st of August. Therefore, we lengthened the <br />runs to seventeen days, so we could run into the middle of <br />August. Any rumors you heard that we would run out of water <br />originated with the Board. This wasn't false information. <br />However, the river made enough water from June 1, 1988 <br />through November 1, 1988 that we didn't use all our stored <br />water and we're even able to keep nearly one run to start this <br />coming year with. We felt it best you knew where we stood <br />storage wise, rather than be irrigating along and then suddenly <br />run out when August came. <br />Your present Board feels the Lamar Division of the canal <br />needs to be cleaned and brought up to full capacity to carry our <br />decree. Therefore, our crew has done considerable work again <br />this year in this area. I can, at least, see results when I drive up <br />the canal and I hope you can also. <br />We have joined with the other ditches of District #67, the <br />Fort Lyon Canal Co. and the Highland Canal in opposing the <br />Trinidad Dam Case. I'll let our Attorney fill you in on this mat. <br />ter. We have more than got the State of Colorado's attention. <br />Again this year the Board reviewed the budget regularly <br />and stayed within the eleven doilar assessment given us at the <br />Annual Meeting. However, we weren't able to do any capital <br />improvements or buy any machinery and luckily we didn't have <br />any canal breaks or emergency situations. <br />At the writing of this report, conditions along our entire <br />canal system are very dry. Therefore, please take care with any <br />spring burning. Hopefully this will change by Annual Meeting <br />Time. <br />As for the coming year's irrigation season we should have <br />approximately three runs to start with; one from the carryover <br />storage, one from the winter storage program and one from the <br />conservation pool. The snowpack looks normal at the writing <br />of this report. <br />I want to thank everyone I've worked with these past four <br />years. <br /> <br />Thank you, <br />Marvin Hamilton, Jr., President <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />