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THURSDAY MARCH 'l6, 1 9f)8 <br />Craig Daily Press <br />s'oc. 98, No. 60 SERVING CRAIG AND MOFFAT COUNTY/HOME OF JOEY THE(SSEN ds aai, <br />Floods hitCraig, J Moffat ,County <br /> Brp1LlEBAKTER <br />~ Posse. the civil Air Pawl. the Craig <br />' SrrrfJwnrv FNRescue and Mond Couny Emergcrcy <br />' ~Mledical Service spent the nigh dealing wiN <br /> Fdc Young span WedrsesdaY aftemmn the water, <br /> wortying about l0 rn<he o/wamr. Fim depanmrnl volumccn stem nc~ <br /> Thu waz the disunce separating his nrgM piling saMhags wound homes in danger <br /> <br />1 home a 1505 Barclay SL !mm the rising of being ovcrosn by water. Blakcmad aed <br />1 'welm of Fottificalim Creek .. •ti' ~ 'SI,000 woM ofhip wedns wart purthAUdto <br /> <br />' ip%"~:YwnB~ aaid,lhe Ooods mme esery Ym'. <br />i keep volumccn dry aM warm. <br />" <br />' <br /> nd Nif euly and ml wiN this intensity. <br />'W The weer wss pmry mld: <br />he ord. <br /> ~' 'T haveerctghbor whe said ithssn't been Cmnry and city urrks were afro out dur. <br /> like Ihis (or Ne tut 2U yearn' he said ing the night building sand honks for rhecrtck <br /> WedresdaY afternoon. "If it nor andb 10 dur wmcd ima a drat. <br /> irche, it would be in our house." "The city arM county dumped a Id of <br />I Many Craig and MoRu Cmnry residents lard on de. ¢u side of ore crak Io make <br />' shoed Ywng's wmmict Early smw r¢It barrka dse are pmbeblY five to sia fat high" <br /> causal coshing waters eMangving many said Blakeman. "(Those banks) x whnt prt- <br /> honer, hooding su¢u and keeping emer• vented an awful tat of damage' <br />- <br />f ~~ gersry ssorken up all night Neighborhoods hit heNee by the rapids <br />t The Bonding took alrrmsl <wyorc by that usd to be allow-moving srrtam wart Ne <br />t mrydsa Bader subdivision, the 600 black of Lircaln <br /> <br />. 'this is absaluuly an Anomaly;' MoRn Street and when Ninth and Wsshington <br /> <br />~ <br />~ Cmnry ShedR 1eR Carriveau said "Ihis su¢u inlersvL Blakeman said law enfome. . <br />I doon't Nppen in Mxh." ~ ~ mem oRcers went to appmaimately 80 ' <br />1 .'~ :` ': "Thu is unherd o(.' Crag Poli¢ Chief <br />~ homes aM warned familie of nc~ hood dan- <br />G\- Rea Splin vid. <br />' The lint rewna o! Banding sand trick. See Water on page 2. <br />' ling in about 2 pm., N~rwSday. MoHae <br /> Cmnry ShurR's Dewry Hem Blakeman n _ _ ~ _ I _ _ . _ _ _ <br />lack Peed, IefL and Mom Tucktt lay lard hay at Cry f!ark on Sesmth <br />"The pmbkm began rmMwut of Cnrg <br />el Big Gukh;'ssid Blakeman. who is also x1. <br />ing u inforsrunon officer lw • mule-agercy <br />'emergerAy apenuons ¢mv. "The warn mn• <br />dnrsd building ad ircrusing anal abort 7 <br />.p.m. It lewld aR f¢ about w hour and <br />atmd 8 p.m it surfed rvding." <br />But Ne r~dm didn't mare in Nrra <br />Abml 9 p.m. Ne'Gry of Craig srervl <br />rrcerving phorc ells about IM tapidy ruing <br />level of FOnihmdon Cr¢k ' <br />"By 10 p.m i1 wss wt of iu banks; <br />Blakeman said. <br />Hy 10:70 p.m. the emeRercy rewnre <br />unit wu alto IogeNV. Abort TS employW <br />fmm Ne city and munlY road depanmmu. <br />Ne Caig Poli¢ Deprtr¢n1, Ne Mofat <br />Cowry Shvilrs Depanmem and Shedtfs <br />~ROad closures Snd Fiaxards eau ed <br />by Bonding m Cnig end MnILv <br />County as of 10 a. m. today: <br />• County Road T is under an cxtrv <br />mated four feet of water, with the <br />majority of damage 12 miles nonh~ <br />west of Craig. County crews don't <br />eapeet County Road 7 to be reopened <br />for ar leas Iwo or Ihrte weeks. <br />• County Road 17 rronh of may. <br />OfBciela were hoping County Road <br />'17 would 6e reopened by noon today. <br />• County Roed 2 near Slater is <br />wuhed out. <br />• Lincoln Street between the 500 <br />and 600 blacks. ' <br />• County Road 9 to County Road <br />4 has sustained considerable damage. <br />Creek breaches 500-year flood plain <br />Br JANE HOME <br />Sragwdrn <br />The SOPyeu Rood plan abng <br />Fonif¢ation Creek wu covered <br />wiN wem WdrreWey night fmm <br />warm welher melting ore 9-irch <br />srow fmm Isst wale. <br />"1 wss told when 1 bmgM Nia <br />house it was in Ne 300-year Baad <br />plan." aid K. C. Hume, a reident <br />on the R00 block of Washington <br />Sneer in Craig. Hurtr hd water <br />mnnin8 through his garage <br />Wednesday nigh) and into the crawl <br />spxe urrdemeaN the home which <br />bxks up m FoniOcadon Cmk <br />The crack IeR its banal about <br />10 P.m. Hume was caflM out Io <br />work with the Moffat Ccunsy <br />Shcnff's Deportment immediately <br />a0er the pale of Bonding. end his <br />wife Enka IeR for "highv ground" <br />for the reu of the night <br />The normally small deck Nat <br />can be stepped dross filled 10.fmt <br />high banks Wednesday evening <br />aRv running high all day in tempv- <br />arumA Ne rraehed H deyee. <br />Pam Self who lisp clos 1t/ <br />Fortificadm Crtek on de 900 bloat <br />of WANingtm Sb¢t had svam a <br />fm1 fmm by fmnl drat. It wt/ held <br />beck by sad bag wt in ples by <br />Craig FurlResme, Cary of Craig <br />Police end MoRe Cmnry SMi(Ts <br />dew0ea <br />Foil bridges icioss de cr¢k <br />have been blacked. ' <br />"lYe x worried abort kids geo- <br />ring tm close' ssid are oRreec <br />'Nrce dray xmt m spdry break" <br />No injuries have b¢n rtpdtW fmm <br />Ne goad, bur some dama8e ha <br />aavssed. <br />MoRU Cmnry Rod 17 noM <br />of de morn of lay is warted m1 st <br />a bodge (our mile mM. Cmnry <br />Rod 2 u also imf»ble, xmrd- <br />ing to sheriRl rtports. County <br />Rod 7 wss closd at mile merktt 9. <br />The Colorado Community f irss <br />NatiorW Bank is closed IadaY wiN <br />watt/ starling in de berement aril <br />Wcoward Ho Mdel hd 1o evacuee <br />pawm Wdrvday night <br />"Hell left artd Ne derv fiat( <br />xm with u ed idled sad bag f¢ <br />orv foe hour and oleo wiled to <br />Heir ksm m subk diem behid ilea <br />moat.' said Teary Auwavsv, co- <br />owner of Ne mdel.'Same of tlve <br />pmPle who helped u live here, ed <br />sorrc wem lust hart f¢ overnight <br />and we have noway to Iharik them:' <br />Dennis Jones, supervisor of <br /> INSIDE TODAY <br /> INDEX <br />4 Adults should teach by <br /> example to curb violence. ^^^ I,ders .... Is Ildndo¢... . 14 <br /> Buvtnm Dlrecmry 20 gnate Rlwr. 16 <br />........... .._:._...~.......__,.....__.--.........._...._....... ....... ClasslBeds. Ii.20 . <br />6pnrts... .. .... <br />... G <br />20 <br />CNCC steps toward Joining. fnmks 11.15 <br />fanmams> ewau . z <br />f <br />14 <br />d N <br />ssewmmu. ~ 710 <br />.. 4 <br /> alnin funds <br />tat <br />[em ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br />m"w° wealner .. z <br /> . <br />, <br />s <br />es <br />g g Puneral node .. 2 <br />MoRn Cwnty Rwd ad Bodge, <br />gate Ne Auwaenen "e huge pile of <br />sandbag when we told firm wa <br />would fill Nam. The connty piled <br />dirt up Lincoln Soees to rontml rM <br />or¢k and we worked 1o crawl the <br />water." she said. <br />"Ad Ne Lammunny support <br />has been overwhelming. We hd the <br />Red Crass hart, the Emergency <br />Medical Team acrd Thal bed of <br />community mppon is avttwhelm- <br />ing. I cannot thank everyone <br />enmgh," sh said. "We have aw <br />older gemlemen who liw hart who <br />r¢vtt stopped working, arM the peo- <br />pk ... sse live in a wordttful rom- <br />muniry." <br />Damage to the motel hu been <br />minimal, due Io the eRau o(every- <br />one, Auwxntt said. "If it dwn't <br />min, like the sH Imks like it might <br />do, we will be OK;'~ she said. The <br />poking Id will 4 pumpd, ar even <br />hailed om Ibis morning, Auwxntt <br />See FLOOD PLAIN on page 1. <br />