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<br />I. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br />--~ -- <br /> <br />--_...:. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.". <br />. . <br />.' ~ - <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />i": <br /> <br />so everybody got together /lnd d{'cidt'd bt't'llllst' of that <br />flood, the)" would put the ~ystt'm into plan' and If-ssen <br />tnf' misery on the upper real'hes of the basin. \\"hile <br />the)" have done that and while tnt'y han- taken that <br />miM'ry away, th€')" han' addt'd mi!'>t>ry, in our area_ It is <br />truly a misery. What we art' a,;king for is a constant <br />rin.'f Jew!. Everybody hal' said that hNe today. We <br />net'd to know whE'1l that rivN i" going' up and down. <br />\\"1" had a trat'tor "et on a "andbar for thH'f' months <br />wht'n you wen- having a pToblt-m with that. <br /> <br />I'm tired of st'eing my hushand sWlIn in It'll fOUl <br />rivers, and I mean five mile:, wide in places. \\"{' wan! <br />to set' that river Jew.'] he constant. we want 10 know <br />about it, w{' want to tl{- at rH'<Kt" with In€' rest of you. <br />We want to work with you and we would like YO\l to <br />work with Ui", <br /> <br />I wouldn't haw the Corps job for anything bft-'auH' <br />they ha\'e 8 prohlem. and they haw to satisfy a 101 of <br />peoplt', bUI wt' would also likt' to H'e the reservoirs <br />down to .';0 million ant'-feet. SomE-one tl)ld me they <br />are already;; million acre, feet short on inl10w and wt' <br /> <br />-~ <br />~ <br />-.:I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />arp ju!'t as happy a,:; can hI;', as long as you rplease it <br />al tht' right kind of 110w, Oncl;' YOll ha\'e a lot of empty <br />storage in thl;' upper basin, thl;'n you'\'1;' got som(>thing <br />to stort' it in and we really think that i1< annut half <br />....our problem. You nt'ed to bt> 8bl(> to giw us a constant <br />l1ow, <br /> <br />I do sen..e a conperatiw spirit and I'\'e not quite had <br />that heforp, I think that's important Ihat we all gl't <br />along. We n(>ed about a tweh'(> foot river at :\pbraska <br />Cit.... and that will \'ary up and down thp riwr, but we <br />npt'd ahout six foot of len'rage from thp Platte and <br />the other plflcf's that empty into our reach. Last year, <br />three time;; we were about that c10H' linches) to flood- <br />ing and I am nOI exaggerating ant' bit. ;..1any of thl" <br />other farml"rs downstrl"am from U$ did, Our members <br />do go complf'tely down to the mouth of this riwr, i"0 <br />their intert'sts art' our intt'rf'sts, ,Just !){'{'flUi"t' WI;' didn't <br />quitE" t100d doesn't mE"an I don't feel sorry for that <br />poor man down in FaYI"t1t'\'illt' and Kansas City and <br />wt'SIE"fIl ;..1issouri. Hopefull...., Wt' can work together <br />and get thi;; riwr down to a com.tant 1101,1,' and giw U1< <br />about six foot of flood freeboard, <br /> <br />'9 <br />