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SAN YIGUEL BASIN FORUY Nude. C.O (AAonrrose County) Thu, 1.357 COLORADO PRESS III IIIIIIIIIIIII III More than two hundred guests attended the official dedtcaUon ceremony of Westem Fuels' New Horizon Mine at Nucla on Monday. Followln a luncheon served by the Nucla Wons, Tri-State Generation & Transmission' president, ~ub'Ihompson, welcomed the group - including nearly all of TYl-State's directors - and lntroduttd many of the people who have been keyy to the development of the property. He recognized Frank Knutson, who Is General Manager ofTriState, Gary Norton, general manager o(San M1gue1 Power Association, Jim Huffman, SMPA's representative on the Trl-State board, Fled Palmer, CEO of Western Fuels, Marshall Pendergras, 1n charge of Trl-State's operations, Pete Un~~gqerman, Deputy General Manager of Trl-State, Zane Semince, auperln[endent of the Nucla SfaUOn, and Lance Wade, manager of New Horizon Mine. Palmer outlined the New Horizon Mine proII''ect and called !t "another story of growth for Trl-State." He introduced several people whowere7nvolved ta the pro ect, Including Don Deardorf who recently retired. RaJ Upadhyayy, his assistants Murarl Shres~a and Kirk Nobls,. Palmer added that although four and a halfyears' supply of coal has been ldentUied at the current m1ne, the balance of the coal to be delivered to the Nucla Station over the duration of the contract will . come from the Nucla area. "We're on time and under budget," he added. Nucla's mayor. John Vanderpool "set off' a small chazge In the field about a hundred yards from the huge maintenance shop at the Nucla mine. Jeny Demel, from the Denver office of TSG&T, read letters fioni Senator Ben Campbell and Governor Roty Romer, offering their congratulallons upon opening the mine. Steve Arveshoug, a member of Representative Scott Mclnnls' office, read a letter from hfm. Mon Vose County Commissioner Mel Stoats tendered thanks to Trt-State and Western FUels. "It's good to see locals get the opportunity to bid on work and gget jobs 1n the field:' And Molly, Knutson, who helped put Together the ColoradoUte takeover forTrl-State, said, "When we first of involved rn this, the Nucla Station was considered a sort of albatross. The plant is now un~er reconstmcUon and today you'll see it's one of the blest successes." After the events at the New Horizon M1ne there were tours of the site and of the Nucla Station. Then New Horizon M1ne opened Its hospitality to the public by way of hot dogs and pop from 4. p.m. to 6 p.m. during an Open House. 1~TTev~ Horizon Mine '°Officiai"