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<br /> <br />) 14th Y car ~ l?~.~ <br /> <br />,Uthlu~ ~QI ~itftain <br /> <br />. ~ '.- <br /> <br />..' <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Pucblo. Colorado, Wcdnesday. June 26. 1985 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />25C/,.'l1l.. <br /> <br />Neighbors sandbag flood-threatened home <br /> <br />8,- ERIS SMITlI <br />n....f1..~C""'"._.nr <br />ALAMOSA _ WithllUl1 lot of <br />falllarf,agroupofndghbouhu <br />bcrnhrlpinganothnn\,lllhborin <br />EUI Alamou. <br />L~SIWt'('k,Wt04$pt-oplrfiUt'd <br />sandblgs provid..d by A].mll51 <br />County t05lop watrrlhrutcnlnll <br />thr hllmf .nd r..pair shop 01 <br />Ronlfulo "Donnlt" G.lIardo, <br />362 fourth. <br />Joe Boos, who usl'd tOOPl'rale <br />In lutorrplir.hup${)uthwntof <br />Allmon "nd now rt'p~irsth.. ci- <br /> <br />Iy of Al.mou', fir.. truck,. has <br />bfcQ" frirnd of G~lIardo'~ fQr 25 <br />Yt'ITI. HenYIr.all~rdo, whQhJs <br />Clncer, and the Gallardo f.mi]y <br />arc"privale"P<'flplr....hodQn't <br />1Jke to dePl'nd on othl'TI. <br />II wuBoos....,holurnl'doflhe <br />thrt'ateninll wlters - tWQ r~\'t <br />hlllh .round lhe G~lllTdo hom\' <br />- whrn Gallardo ukt'd him <br />wht'r.. he could 1lt'1 dirt. <br />BOOI, whQ'd altended a ,(hool <br />on diush'r lundlng tht' werk <br />bdQrt,lnslruelrdGlIlIardQIO!:O <br /> <br />h'l the cQunty for uslsl~nrt, <br />AlthoullhthrcQunt)' rlln'l hrlp <br />Gallardo build up hil IQt, It <br />dOlllll'd Iht' sandhags, and <br />Il'vt'raleounlyoffirl.lshrlpt-d <br />GllIardo'sfril'lIdslndnl'lllhbors <br />and mt'mbl'rs of tht' Noon Lionl. <br />Kiwanis, \-fW ,nd E.rl)' Iron <br />Club fill thr2.000 undbllls....llh <br />eounty,providl'dundordootho:r <br />rwreuary disaslcr pteven\lon <br />wllrk. <br />With ~ pump donated by RllY <br />N..lson .nd two tr.rtllrs bfolonl:. <br /> <br />inlltoflobTc..m,.no:-arbys]ough <br />...as pumped dQwn aboul" foot <br />wllhthrwatcrll'ntb.ckintothr <br />Rio Grand.. and SOml' of Ihl' <br />sandbags "'U~ r~moved to allew <br />mOlrl' watl'r inlo the slough. <br />Wltrr is Iffpmll around th.. <br />s,"elll'n rhrr banks lllto a <br />nalura] Slough lIIhich h.sn'tbfol:'n <br />filll:'d Sincl'theI940s_pcrhap.s <br />enn rartirr - "Olllsaid, "It's <br />enrofth05l'loo.yearlblnIlS." <br />w.trrappu\'ntlyhasbN'nslt. <br />tinl: in thl' are. fllr at ltasl thrH <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />M <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />....('..ks and has damaged <br />G.llardo's shop and tarpcl.nd <br />furniturr in the family's heme. <br />HI' hu rtlocated his busin!:'ss 10 <br />Boos' old Ihopjust off the Co-op <br />Road.liOuthwl'S{of Al.mos.. <br />Water is commll back .gain. <br />Boos Slid, and furthcr pumpinll <br />will bl' n"co'sslry. <br />Boos, ,"ho worked .long WIth <br />Olthrn at th.. .!iil\' durin!: the <br />wrekend. said il "".1 a "rom_ <br />munlly"drcis!on to Uk\' on thl' <br />sandbaRRinll. "Tho~l' kind of <br /> <br />thinlll you nc('d 10 do now. Y',u <br />call'l llialt for thrbutt'.ucracy " <br />h('add\'d <br /> <br />The thrl'at tothc Gallardo pro_ <br />pert). occurred allerthl' noodlr.j; <br />thr.'at of Iwo wl'('ks II!O AI th' <br />thr('at of noothnl! from thl' Ri<l <br />GrandI', errws wen' 115('d 10 <br />IhoT(' up b.nks ncar Iht' Da~r <br />Andrrll'n properly, 1IIf'5t /'If <br />Al.mon, to pr('\'('nt high 1II"Il'U <br />from nOO<1inl!lhe city, a county <br />spekesman $lid Tuesda)' <br />afternoon. <br /> <br />.:: <br />c. <br />C. <br />0:, <br />'" <br /> <br />-- <br />- <br />