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school districts, businesses, county districts, emergency/ medical, fire <br />districts; just to name a few; not to mention the morale and pride in the <br />community. <br />After 17 years, my husband, also a native of Western Montrose <br />County, and I moved back to the area to raise our son so he too could realize <br />the many advantages of growing up in a small-western town. My husband <br />Rick manages a family owned and operated bulk oil/ fuel business that has <br />been in operation since 1948. Uravan Supply opened its doors to service the <br />Uranium mines and eventually Peabody Coal and now the New Horizon <br />Mine. To this day, our family owned and operated business, depends upon <br />_ _mining,_ agriculture, school districts,-county districts, emergency/ medicaL _ <br />fire districts, Tri-State G&T and most importantly the consumer in our <br />area. In addition, just like all of the area small business owners/ operators, <br />Uravan Supply has witnessed first hand the adverse political effect of what <br />shutting down a mine does and can do to a community and their livelihood. <br />As previously mentioned, growing up in this community, I've <br />witnessed the mining of Peabody Coal and remember of what the land <br />looked like in the current reclaimed areas. As an employee of the New <br />Horizon Mine for the past 12 years, I have witnessed the mining and <br />reclamation process and am confident that it has been returned to land that <br />is as good, if not better than what previously existed. <br />Hopefully by now, I have been successful in painting a picture for you <br />of not only our family history but the important impact New Horizon Mine <br />is to our communities and all involved. As me and my family, we depend on <br />the New Horizon Mine and the benefit it not only provides us as a family <br />but for the entire surrounding communities and thercfore strongly urge you <br />to approve PR06 so we as employees can continue the mining and <br />reclamation process, knowing the Morgan prime farmland and other <br />properties are protected in this process but to allow the members of this <br />and surrounding communities to realize the benefits as well. <br />1 <br />KinQSeue ds, <br />Roan