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I THE:DENVER POST Wednesday. August 17. 1994 .58 Arkansas River water decision confirmed I work aut a plah that will meet as many needs as possible. David Robbins, a Denver water lawyer who served as sRecial attorney general for Colorado in the \Kansas' case, said yester- day that the finding of Special Master Ar- thur Littleworth',naw gaes to the U,S, Su- preme Court Carl, review. The high cau'lt will hald a hearing. at which bath stat~s can present their argu- ments. and has the aptian of accepting or overturning Littl~worth's findings, The Su- preme Court, which is the court of original jurisdiction in interstate water disputes, appointed Littltiwarth to weigh the evi- dence and make recommendations. EMP1RE By Jennifer Gavin Denver Post Capitol Bureau The jurist overseeing a 9-year-old suit by Kansas against Colorado has finalized his earlier recommendation - that the V,S. Supreme Caurt find Calarada in viola- tion of a water compact with Kansas con- trolling use of Arkansas River water. . Though the precise impact an water-us- ers in Calarado's Arkansas Valley is yet ta be determined. Gov, Ray Ramer has named a 30-member task farce of inter- ested parties to plan water-use changes that comply' with the ruling, The graup ,of "stakehalders" alsa will tackle canflicts amang Colarada users of the river ta try ta Only aller the high court reviews Little- worth's recommend a lions will there be mare detailed determinatian of how much water Colorado must hand over to Kansas and haw much money damages will he owed. Littlewarth "did not alter his hasic find- ings" since making a preliminary ruling in the case in February. Rabbins said, "We would anticipate that at same paint in the next several months. the (Supreme) Caurt will set a hriefing schedule in which hath states are given an ,opportunity to ex- plain why they suppart. or oppase. par- tions or all of the repart." In Fehruary. Littlewarth. who heard the case in Riverside. Calif.. found that well use in Cola"ida alang the Arkansas had deprived Kansas oC.its fair share oC river water under the 1949 compact. But Littleworth rejected Kansas' can- tention that management of reservoirs' in Colarado had cantributed ta the prohlem - clearing Calarado ta continue its oper- ating patterns at Puehlo Reservoir and John Martin Reservoir on the Arkansas. 'as well as at Trinidad Reservoir. which dams a trihutary to the Arkansas, The Kansas suit demanded that Colora. do hand aver hundreds ,of thousands of acre-feet ,of water and mare than $100 millian in damages, ~'" -:\ jJ~;-~~_.... ~,'"j}..,:" 4}' .._~.,\?t'K" c...C........ , ~;'_:~;':(~' Ji,. ..~___..,__ '-'-;"",i,'"t.+ ;'f;' r;.'/~~ .-.t. ,--.1 .". '-.. , ' .. '. ,. .. ...-..-..-- - .... t1'.~G:" '. ........ Primary votes cast in Wyo. Senator wins GOP., gubernatorial race: Associated Press / Steven Hausler GOOD GOLLY! Molly Denning glides on in-line skates near her home in Hays. Kan. By The ASSOCiated Press CHEYENNE - A veteran state legisla- tor heat three fellcw Republicans yester- day in a gubernatorial primary race to see who will lead the GOP ch;irge against a Democrat with close ties ta President Clintan, With 76 percent of the precincts report- ing. stale Sen, Jim Geringer had 27.4B5 vates. or 42 percent. to 20.285. or 31 per- cent, for former state Sen. John Perry. State Sen, Charles Scoll had 1 ,,'~, I: ;;},QURCORNERS';:' I CORTEZ . BOY HANGED ACCIDENTALLY - A 10-year-old hoy has died hyac- cidentally hanging himself in a tree. Montezuma County authorities con-