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<br />Juniper-Cross parade
<br />spurs public interest
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<br />While it's doubtful that
<br />8,000 people saw. the
<br />Juniper-Cross Mountaifl
<br />parade, as lis mast ardent But perhaps Brown was
<br />supporters claim, the parade able :to comprehend the
<br />did serve the. useful,purpose str~ng loca.' suppo.rt for the
<br />of generating interest-':_:","'. - proJ.B,ct, which WIll In- all pro-
<br />both pro-and con for the p-ro~:~,_ bablllty succee~. ~opefuIJy,
<br />posed- hydroelectric projecL--:-the.-sleeve pulI,mQ by .locals
<br />wast of Craig., ~ ,::' ."'>';_, . ,___~.about -the project was not
<br />.-j<>J_-"_,"-;;"~;'%;>;;-:.~:~':'~:',,, . "';';.construed --by,'..,Brown -',as
<br />Thi9..::weekend"_s"act.ivities-.;.~:-strong-armjno. _' _,' ,__' _
<br />had:_to-,-make_"an imprf;'ssion'- ~ " -" ';"" -'-'
<br />_ hopefully. posjtive' on- the ',_ -, Anothe! mterestlng aspect
<br />visiting bi-g.wigs and.. of the parad.e. was th~
<br />bureaucrats who graced, - ~mergence of ~Islble OppOSI-
<br />Craig with-their presence. tJOn to the project by a small
<br />-'-' '- .group of local ,environ-men~
<br />The whirlwind of ac-tivities,~' talists. Heretofore, the'
<br />also showed that Northwest primary opposition to the
<br />Coloradans are '.'Doers," project had stemmed from
<br />that-they can work together state and ,national en.
<br />for a' common purpose". vironmentalorganizations.
<br />While Congressman Hank The environmentalists' op-
<br />Brown's future_ appears - position to,the project was
<br />bright, his. star did not shine clear as their floats stuck out
<br />Saturday. night as the like sore- thumbs amo-ng the
<br />featured' 'speaker -of the legions of pro.Juniper-Cross
<br />capacity Juniper-Cross fund.' support veh_icles.
<br />raising dinner. As- he- briefly The anti-dam floats- bear-
<br />discussed water problems, Ing signs of "Damn the dam"
<br />and ignored Juniper.Cross and "To Hell with Juniper-
<br />Mountain altogether,' t.he - Cross" incurred the wrath of
<br />freshman Republican from COlorado RiverWater District
<br />Greeley instead sang, the Secretary.Engineer Bailie
<br />pratses - of President Fischer. Fischer, always an
<br />\ Reagan's tax victories over entertaining speaker, told'
<br />ths/pro-dsvelopmenl crowd
<br />their support is the kind that
<br />says. to the Sierra Club, "
<br />.. 'How would you all like to go
<br />to Hell?'"
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<br />"if women's $h~~s use ),ulf
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<br />~i1oes, i'h~n 'Il'hy do they CO$t
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<br />the Democrats. He left the
<br />crowd hungry.
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<br />Perhaps the most moving I
<br />moment of -the weekend's II
<br />events was during _ the'
<br />remarks made by former
<br />United 'States Sen. Wayne I
<br />Aspinall. The witty I
<br />gentleman, well known for
<br />his work promoting water;
<br />projects in Colorado, admit- I
<br />ted -disappointment that he I
<br />was unable to get any water !
<br />projects for Northwest Col-
<br />orado during his tenure.
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<br />But he predicted "We'll
<br />get this (Juniper-Cross
<br />Mountain) before I cease
<br />breathlng...You know what
<br />you're after and I think
<br />.you'ra going to get it."
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