Greeley Daily Tribune, The (Newspaper) - June 26, 1974, Greeley, Colorado City orders 24-hour sprinkling ban Tribune Staff Writer Because of Hie pending danger of a critical water shortage in Greeley a watering ban from noon Thursday lu noon Friday has been declared by Mayor Wayne Sodman In a proclamation issued Wednesday Sodman said 1 hereby proclaim that an emergency water shortage is imminent and therefore prohibit the use of water for sprinkling of lawns and gardens by all water users within the city of Greeley from noon Thursday June 27 to noon Friday June 28 City Manager Pete Morrel said he is asking for the cooperation of all the citizens during the watering ban but added Were past the warning stage and we'll be forced to issue summonses to violators from now on Fines for violating water bans in Greeley are for the first offense for the second and the third offense could cost the illegal waterer as much as according to Morrell According to charts at the city reservoirs 30 million gallons of water were used in Greeley Tuesday and the city was able to resupply the reservoirs with only 26 million gallons This leaves a 4 million gallon said Water Department Superintendent Olin Schaffer And if it continues we could be in real trouble Schaffer said he estimated the water level in the reservoirs could drop as low as 0 feet by Saturday if the deficit should continue unchecked We really don't like to let the level get that Schaffer said so we're going to have to ask the cooperation of the citizens The lowest drop in the reservoir level this year was recorded last week when the level dipped to 9.7 feet In comparison with winter usage the Greeley voirs average about five to six million gallons of water per day while in the Original Script Written by Horace Greeley in 1871 VOL 66 NO 210 GREELEY GREELEY REPUBLICAN Established 1870 WEDNESDAY JUNE Wafer crisis Although the city reservoir appears full as city level is dropping daily and the city can't replenish the city from noon Thursday to noon Friday Tribune photo employe William Miller stands on the steps leading into supply quickly enough In order to refill the by Mike Peters the reservoir the city announced Wednesday that the the proper levels a watering ban has been called by the July 4 parade to be best ever More than 200 entries will roll through downtown Greeley at 10 on July 4th in the most spectacular Greeley Independence Stampede parade ever according to Will Williams parade chairman for the Greeley rodeo com- Led by parade marshal Herb son the 1974 Independence Stampede committee and royalty for this year's celebration the procession will start at the corner of Street and 9th Avenue and move through downtown Greeley for approximately two hours of floats horseback riding groups baton twirlers marching bands youth groups state dignitaries and city and county officials It's going to be the largest parade the Independence Stampede has ever ex- Williams said We have CHE head urged to transfer liy JOHN Tribune Staff Writer The storm clouds gathering about the Center for Human Enrichment CHE at the University of Northern Colorado broke Tuesday night with the center's advisory board giving director Steve Valenzuela strong encouragement to seek a transfer After hearing charges and counter- charges for nearly three hours the ad- board which has no official power met in executive session to draft a statement encouraging Valenzuela to seek a voluntary transfer The board gave him three days to consider a transfer If an answer isn't forthcoming the group said it would ask the UNC ad- Inside the Tribune 51 6 Today's press If you have not received your Tribune by p.m call ministration to consider an ad- ministrative or non-voluntary transfer for Valenzuela Problems in the center first became public early in June when about 20 Chicano activists took over the CHE office in Candelaria Hall on the UNC campus in protest of policies in the center The advisory board made up of students administrators and community members met several times during June with the activists in an attempt to ascertain the problems in the center In its statement the advisory board felt that both the activists charges and Valenzuela's responses were too general and needed substantiation And the statement continued the board noted a lack of communication and trust between Valenzuela CHE em- ployes and students Therefore the advisory board has serious questions about the ability of Mr Valenzuela to administer the program the statement read The activists made a wide range of demands during their takeover and dis- which followed the occupation At Tuesday's meeting Valenzuela denied all charges of mismanagement of the center And he said some problems arising from the employment of two Anglos in the center were necessitated by federal guidelines calling for equal employment of all persons The activists had demanded that the two Anglos be replaced by Chicanos He said charges that he is not available for student consultations were un- founded However he noted the program has grown from 19 students in 1965 to nearly 300 this year and personal contacts are hard to maintain I stand on my Valenzuela said I have worked for over four years and have no regrets about my as director of this program He said some of the attacks made on the program are irrational and un- founded Later he said some of his at- tackers show insensitivity and are grossly distorting our problems Responding to allegations that he traveled to several conventions without attending conference sessions zuela said he has documentation and witnesses that he attended all sessions applicable to the center's needs Although the advisory board has no official power UNC Dean of Students Ted Nelson said the UNC administration would be foolish not to consider the opinion Weather NORTHERN COLORADO Partly cloudy through Thursday widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms continued warm today little cooler Thursday highs today 90s lows tonight upper 50s and low 60s high Thursday 80s chance of showers 20 per cent through Thursday summer the usage rockets to 25 to 30 million gallons per day Leroy Parsons supervisor of the city said the water level problem at reservoirs can be compared to the tale about the frog trying to jump out of the well He jumps up three feet and slides back four In short this means the citizens aren't cooperating like they should Parsons said We can't catch up at the rate they're using it and if the situation is getting bad now we may be at the critical stage in July and August One of the problems cited by the city officials is the fact that the citizens are using water at the rate of 5 million gallon's per day during the night hours This is equal to the daily rate in the winter This means many people are letting water run in their gardens or on their lawns all Morrell said We're going to have to stop the night watering also if we want to solve the problem entries from all over the Rocky Mountain region Prizes will be awarded to both riding groups and marching bands after the completion of the Williams said And in the float competition prizes will be given in three categories youth civic and commercial Tiie floats will be judged prior to the parade and will be displaying their ribbons during the parade Youth group entries will receive a cash prize for first place and the com- and civic organizations will each receive Williams said The parade is free and the Greeley Rodeo Committee urges families to take their seats along the parade route early for a good view Eafon man dies as motorcycle collide A Eaton man was killed instantly Tuesday morning when the 1971 motorcycle he was driving struck an auto along Colo 392 three miles west of Lucerne Colorado State Patrolmen reported The dead man was identified as Andre Lamphier Officers said his motorcycle was bound on county road 33 when it ran a stop sign and struck a 1968 car driven by Olga Ramierez of Windsor Lamphier was thrown 77 feet from the point of impact and received multiple injuries officers said The woman was treated at Weld County General Hospital for shoulder injuries and minor lacerations The motorcycle was demolished while the auto received damage death raises the 1974 Weld County death toll to 20 compared with 32 at this time a year ago Statewide the fatality count stands at 240 compared with 305 at this time a year ago Board may name airport manager By RON TOLLEFSON Tribune Staff Writer Search for a manager of the public terminal at Weld County Municipal Airport may finally come to an fend Friday when the airport board meets again after rejecting two new bidders Tuesday Meeting in special session the airport board turned down bids from airport FBO Dick Nolan and from newly formed Aero Kinetics But further negotiations with both are slated to be concluded this week with a meeting coming Friday The Nolan bid appeared the most at- tractive but board members pointed to running disputes with Nolan over the years the most recent involving a used car sales operation at his airport location We know what Dick's performance has been in the said board member Robert Anderson Board members expressed frustration at having to turn down this second grouping of bids in the search for a terminal management firm And they briefly considered asking the city or county governments to staff the terminal and attendant aviation fuel and airport radio services We keep looking like a bunch of said Greeley Councilman Wayne Sodman a board member We keeg saying we want to lease this terminal and then we just stumble around Bids from seasonal hail suppression firmi Atmospherics Inc and from Cliff Russell of the Collins airport had fallen through earlier Board President Tom Carter Vice President Wayne Holmes and Airport Manager Don Carlisle are slated to negotiate terms and costs with both Nolan and Aero Kinetics spokesmen seeking an acceptable package in time for the Friday morning board meeting In his bid Nolan offered a one-year lease arrangement with a payment of for lease of the terminal building He offered to operate the radio service seven days a week 6 to 10 p.m for a a month fee and to staff the terminal continuously He asked a possible one- year renewal option Aero Kinetics sought a five-year lease with two renewal options of- fering to pay for the five-year lease of the terminal The terminal would be staffed seven days a week 7 to 8 p.m summers and 8 to 6 p.m winters Radio service at a a month fee would be operated 7 to 8 p.m summers and 8 to 6 p.m winters Aero Kinetics spokesman Carly an employe of Atmospherics Inc also asked negotiations for development of an FBO on square feet just east of the terminal plus support for expanded aviation gasoline and perhaps jet fuel services Meanwhile in other action board torney Ken Colwell advised the board does not have jurisdiction in a dispute between Carlisle and the ners who bought out Carlisle's firm Dennis Carpenter and Joe Thompson over extension of a water line to a new aircraft washing area City planners authorize strip development study City Planning Commission Tuesday approved a to study by city planners of land-use and future development along major arterials primarily 10th Street from 23rd to avenues and the 9th and 10th streets one- way couplet from to 23rd avenues In a memo City Planner Sam Sasaki said the study would extend along these routes and back from them for a depth to be determined as the study continues Warned by commission members that his staff could be picking up a public hot potato Sasaki said they will work closely with residents and property owners in the study areas In the study Sasaki indicated native land uses community ment goals traffic circulation and other factors will be considered He said the study area can be divided into three of residential one-way couplet to 23rd Avenues Sasaki said residential use here has become questionable because of the one-way couplet of intense 10th Street from 23rd to avenues He said this already strongly developed area brings pressure for continued expansion relatively free of 10th Street from to avenues Sasaki said this relatively less developed area however carries strong pressures for future business growth In other action the planning com- mission approval to City Council of the second replat of subdivision second filing The original platting of this filing of Wood Brothers at 17th St Rd and Ave had contained technical draftsman errors a matter to the county planning staff asking further information on drainage and soils problems of a proposed part of Westridge Subdivision adjacent to 24th Street and Avenue County zoning matters within three miles of a municipality are routinely coordinated First extra beet payment in 11 years to be mailed The first extra payment for sugar beets in 11 years is slated to go to growers on July 2 according to Robert Fisher senior vice president of agriculture for the Great Western Sugar Company in Denver Although the extra payment will amount to about per ton for the entire company operating district company sources said the North Central District payment should average per ton According to district agricultural director Ralph Hettinger the average payment for growers in the Eaton Greeley Longmont and Brighton districts will be higher because of the higher sugar content of the beets grown in this districts The extra payment will be mailed on July 2 to more than growers who produced beets last year for GWS in Colorado Kansas Nebraska Wyoming and Montana In announcing the extra payment Fisher said it was made at this time to increase grower payments as net proceeds from sugar sales are in- creasing Under the growers unique contract beet producers share in net sales throughout the marketing year ending Sept 30 Growers usually receive three payments for their mailed in the fall another in spring and the final settlement in October is based on the results of the entire marketing year Hettinger said that the total average payment in the North Central district for the 1973 crop to date will be per ton with the extra payment The figure is higher than all payments for the 1972 crop Hettinger said With the July 2 payment Hettinger said sugar beet returns to date for the crop in the district will reach million Company-wide payments will reach million after July 2
