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I think I have covered most of the bases. Who actually decides who is right and how much water <br />is needed? The engineer, the miner, or the farmer who has made it successfully work for 50 <br />yeazs. Ross or Lance aze not farmers and most everything they have learned about farming has <br />been from me or other farmers in this azea. Trying to get bond release has been a trial and error <br />thing from the beginning. We all tried to tell them what they were trying to do in the 10"' year <br />was almost impossible in this area and let one of us try and explain to you guys and see what we <br />needed to do to make it work, but of course, that never happened. We would really like to meet <br />with you guys and show you some things. We aze begging you to please help us here. What the <br />coal mine is trying to do is VERY Wrong. They know it and we know it. As I am typing right <br />now, they are dumping our topsoil into the pit. According to Ross, they aze suppose to do two <br />lifts. Part of our second lift is going back into the pit with very muddy muddy conditions <br />surrounding them. It was my understanding that they weren't suppose to even touch this topsoil <br />when wet conditions exist because of the damages it does to your soil. This is why we would <br />like to meet with you. You don't have all the facts and as good of a spokes person as Ross is and <br />not being able to show you the otherside, it's easy to just go with the flow because you don't <br />understand everything there is to know about farming and irrigation that Ross is trying to <br />convince you of. It sounds good, but they are a distortion of facts. <br />I am enclosing the picture. This is of the boys at the "Sunshine Place" that Ross is wanting to <br />change to dryland, a copy of the lease, a copy of the certified "Default letter", which there may be <br />another one by morning, and a copy of the minutes which Ross did. I thank you very much for <br />your time. We hope to meet with you and see you soon. The sooner, the better. Thank you <br />again for all that you guys aze doing to try and make this right. <br />Sincerely, <br />Ellen Turner <br />