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, Allard and Saguache board ". . ... clash on Baca Ranch purchase , By ERIN SMITH Allard said the commissioners Tuesday aflernoon, commis- Th, Pu,blo Chieftaill were beginning to believe thnt sav- sioners said they were still being ing the water, which is essenlialto left out of the loop: the sand sheet that supporjs the Commissioners. expressed con- dunes, is a greater economic bene- cern about mixing the water and fit than loss of tax revenues. park issues. . Allard said that effons will be Commission Chairman Mike made to alleviate the loss to the Oliver said he doesn't think the county. He said he did not believe federal government plans to run a the Senate would support giving pipeline over the Sangre de Cristo the county federal acreage tb sell Mountains to convey water from to the private sector to make ~p for the Baca Ranch, but he does think the loss. ,water might be sent down the Rio He also said that if tbe pa~kage Grande to New Mexico and Texas. is approved and Saguache C;ounty "Is a 50,000 population (of the Commissioners want a northern San Luis Valley) going to have entrance, he will support that. enough voice? We're not going to .; Most of the monument is in have a hope. They will take the Saguache County but the entrance water where it's needed. If this is a to the monument is in A1amosa water issue, it needs to be called a County. water issue," Oliver said. SAGUACHE - Saguache County CommiSSioners will not back down on their opposition 10 the proposed purchase by the fed- eral government of the 100,000. acre Baca Ranch and its conver- sion to a national park. On Tuesday,. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., told an AlalTIosa audience that the Saguache board appeared to be about to support the measure. In December, the com- missioners adopted a resolution opposing the change to park status and purchase of the Baea Ranch for incorporation into the park, because it would cost the county $6%,000 in taxes each year. I . I .Allard slates 3-day SL V TfI'eeting series . .. I . SAN LUIS VALLEY.- U. S. Senator Wayne Al/ard will be in the San Luis Valley on Mon. Jan. 3 and Tues. Jan. 4 to conduct a s,eries oftown meetings to discuss legislation he is working on to make the Great National Sand Dunes Nation Monument into a National Park. In addition the meetings will e an opportunity to visit one-on-one with Senator lI11ard on any issue currently before the U.S.. Senate. "I want to extend an invitation to an,'one interested in commenting on the proposal to turn the Sand Dunes into a NationalPark, oqmy other issue currently before Congress, to attend one of my very info~mal town moetings," said Allard. The San Luis Valley Town Meeting schedulelis as follows: Mon. Jan. 3 .. , . 4-5 p.m. -Costilla County Town Meeting, Fort Garland Commumty Center, located Ol1e mile East of town on Hwy. ly60 I 6:30-7:30 p.rn..Conejos County Town Meeting, Wagon Wheel in La Jara, 20245. U.S. Hwy. 285 : Tues. Jan. 4. ' . 8-9 a.m.-Al!lmosa County Town Meeting, Alamosa-Best Western Inn at 1919 Main Street 10:30.11:30 Saguache County Town Meeting, Center.Methodist Church, 307 Broadway I... 12:30 .1:30 p.m..Rio Grande County Town IMeetmg, Monte Vlsta-Mountam View Restaurant, 2099 Sherman Stre.et i . . ' 4.5 p.m.-Mineral County Town Meetmg, Cree~e' Underground mmmg Museum, 407 North Lorna ' '.: . I .~ '," ,.. ,.. <", ,.