Greeley Daily Tribune, The (Newspaper) - June 27, 1974, Greeley, Colorado Little problem seen in welfare fund cut Ity KON Tribune Staff Writer Weld County and 24 other Colorado counties which must surpass the nominal state limit on property taxes to pay their share for welfare programs may lose in state aid because of shortsightedness by the Colorado Department of Social Services was the charge leveled this week by Clark Buckler staff director and chief lobbyist for the Colorado State T y The Weld County com- missioned made public Buckler's charges Wednesday According to CSACC figures Weld will lose in 50 per cent state funding for part Of April and all of May and June However county officials later indicated the shortfall will not cause a welfare funding crunch in the county because other anticipated shortages have now been funded Although the State Department of Social Services apparently has for some time known that this was going to th did not inform the Assembl b djd appropriation and did not inform us in time for us to seek the a count commissioners Buckler said Denver must come up with due to the state shortage Adams County with and Pueblo County with Weld Finance Officer Barton Buss and Weld Social Services Director Eugene said however that Weld should be able to cover its welfare costs without the They said the slate program of 50 per cent aid to for welfare spending above three mills could have ended July 1 and they assumed it would in their 1974 budgeting However the program was extended six months by the legislature Meanwhile the commissioners Wednesday approved an increase in their contract on the new welfare building up to from To cover costs of paving the parking lots the hike raised monthly lease payments to In other action the a decision on bids for repainting part of the courthouse fourth floor Low bidder was Dale Fruit of Greeley at compared to a bid from Decor Ltd However Fruit would not be able to start until November withdrawing an old petty cash savings account totaling kept by former Weld School Supt Paul at the State Bank of Greeley It is to go into the county general fund La Salle Police Chief Dale Harvey to the county citizens jail ad- committee replacing former Youth Services Bureau head Evan Green from County Engineer Kichard Straub that construction on the rerouted road is slated to start in July with 50 per cent state funding Straub also is slating training for county road crews and is to write a county road and bridge standards manual new county landfill dump rales as proposed earlier by Weld Landfill Inc The new rates range in increases from 25 per cent to 150 per cent Rate for beet truck loads was changed to a minimum a load instead of a proposed 75 cents a cubic yard leasing a car for the new federally funded district attorney's juvenile Investigator at a month This is wholly covered by a federal grant a recorded exemption to Danny Siglinger who proposes a garage and used car lot ad- jacent to the U.S 85 by-pass at 5th Street This was made subject to land surveys to establish that building foundations would be above the 100-year flood plain of the Cache la Poudre River for a week a decision on directing County Ally Sam Telep to seek a cease and desist order through the courts on the Turnpike Construction Co gravel pit operation near Erie It is operating with a county land-use permit and the planning commission recently urged the commissioners to seek legal action Original Script Written by Horace Greeley in 1871 NO 211 GREELEY COLORADO GREELEY REPUBLICAN Weekly Tribune Established 1870 THURSDAY JUNE Water ban affects only Greeley Tribune Staff Writer While citizens of Greeley were for- bidden from watering from noon Thursday through noon Friday residents in some outlying areas could run sprinklers to their delight The ban declared by Mayor Wayne Sodman specifically prohibited sprinkling only within the city limits of Greeley Under the ban Greeley residents living in odd-numbered houses were allowed to sprinkle until noon Thursday Persons living in even-numbered houses will be allowed to water from p.m and from 5 Friday Sprinkling at other times is forbidden The cities of Evans and Windsor which are also served by Greeley water went along with the ban as the result of city council resolutions passed earlier this year in which the two cities agreed to follow all Greeley decisions on watering But that left the unincorporated areas of Western Hills and Highland Hills outside the requirements of the ban Benny Scheldt office supervisor of the Greeley water department explained that users in those areas are entirely on meters These people on meters are pretty cautious in their water he said They're not going to waste water It's the people who aren't on meters who are causing us our problems Scheldt said he didn't know what proportion of the city's daily water needs were being used in the outlying areas Sodman declared the sprinkling ban Wednesday morning in an attempt to avert a serious water shortage According to water department statistics 30 million gallons were used Tuesday while the city was able to resupply the reservoirs with only 26 million gallons The one-day ban on sprinkling should allow the city to make iip some of the losses caused by heavy watering in recent hot weather officials said City manager Pete Morrell said of- fenders will be issued summonses calling for fines of for the first offense for the second and fines of up to for the third offense Officer suspended pending case review WANDERING WHEELS A small group of the 75 bicyclists who came through Greeley Wednesday continue their journey across the nation on U.S 34 cast of Greeley The group is called Wandering and is connected with Taylor University in Indiana They will complete the journey in five weeks Tribune photo by Mike Peters A board of inquiry into the shooting of a burglary suspect by a Greeley police officer Monday released the results of it's investigation Thursday The results have been turned over to the district at- office Officer Gary Hackett the officer who shot the suspect as he ran from the scene has been placed on suspension in accordance with mental policy According to a letter from the board to Officer Hackett he will be under suspension until a decision on the matter is obtained from the office At that time the officer will be required to either resign be terminated or will be reinstated with full back pay depending upon the decision in the case The board of inquiry composed of six members of the Greeley Police ment including the chief of police a captain a lieutenant a sergeant a police specialist and a police officer heard testimony for and reviewed evidence for two days Ten witnesses were interviewed by the board and five articles of evidence were examined Officer Hackett shot and severely wounded Tonias James Voss 1833 24th Ave PI Monday morning when the youth turned and ran after being ordered to stop The incident occurred near the intersection of 10th Street and 17th Avenue where police stopped Voss because he answered a description of a burglary suspect Voss apparently spent the night in a house next to the Church of Christ 931 18th Avenue and was seen leaving the house by a woman who entered the house Monday morning The youth spent the night in the house according to the report The woman called the police and several officers responded The shooting occurred when the youth ran from Officer Hackett after he was stopped for questioning Voss is in serious condition at St Joseph's Hospital in Denver He un- derwent surgery this week and doctors removed one vertebra thus causing permanent paralysis from the chest down The youth also suffered a tured lung and it is draining The report of the board stated the youth kept one hand in a pocket covered with a coat and would not raise his hands when told to do so The report inferred the officer was uncertain if the youth had a weapon in his pocket or not No gun was found on the youth after the shooting According to the report the officer ordered the youth to stop shot once into the ground under the youth's feet dered him to stop again and then shot him in the upper left section of the back Record 660 cowboys enter rodeo events here Weary cyclists leave Greeley Ily MIKE PETERS Tribune Staff Writer The benefits of the trip may leave something to be desired bicycle trip across the United States 110 to 120 miles per day through the blistering heat of Utah over the Colorado Rockies and through the seemingly unending plains people will lose between 30 and 40 pounds while pedaling the bicycle on the trip the participants must pay for the trip To some this wouldn't seem to be a very enjoyable way to spend a summer vacation but there are 75 young people who are pedaling across the United States and enjoying it thoroughly The 75 members of Wandering Wheels stopped fora brief rest in Greeley Wednesday and then continued on Morgan on U.S 34 The group is sponsored by Taylor University located near Indianapolis Annie kicks off celebration here The Greeley Independence Stampede celebration kicks off at today with the cast's production of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun in the Greeley Central High School Auditorium Annie will be presented again at 8 p.m Friday and at 2 p.m Sunday and is the first in a series of Independence Stampede events including barbecues a free pancake supper and a huge July 4 parade through downtown Greeley The first chute will swing open this Saturday as the 1974 Stampede Rodeo gets un- derway at Island Grove Park Ind and the leader is Bob Davenport a former pro football player and now football coach at the university The group travels across the U.S each year using a theme of Teaching Christ through bikes Davenport began the trips in 1964 as a summer cycling program and later began the wide trips This year's group of 75 boys and young men is the largest gathering yet and Davenport hopes to increase the number of cyclists each year The cost of the trip is which covers the insurance clothing food bicycle maintenance housing and upkeep on the bus and van which travel with the group While the bicyclists are male there are several girls and women riding the bus and van preparing the food and acting as counselors The group ranges in age from 15 to 34 This year's trip began in Lincoln City Ore near the Pacific Northwest coastline and will end near Washington Inside the Tribune fiO pages 3 sections Today's press If you have not received your Tribune by p.m call The group has been on the road two weeks According to Davenport the most difficult part of the trip so far was climbing the Rocky Mountains We had a tough time coming over Rabbit Ears Pass and Trail Ridge Road but it was kind of nice coasting down the other side of the passes We had to tell some of the kids to slow down a little when they really started moving down Trail Ridge They spent the night in Estes Park and then continued the trip through Weld County to Fort Morgan At least bikes are required on the trip and some of the riders have speed bicycles The group averages 12 hours on the road each day beginning at They average about 15 along the highway When the group began the journey there were 79 riders One bicyclist a broken collarbone in an accident one had to quit because of and two left with total exhaustion To prevent heat exhaustion and fatigue the group takes salt tablets a watering travels with them and they are encouraged to eat energy foods while on the road The bicyclists camp out several nights each week and spend some churches armories and other shelters The Possum a bus travels with the group carrying food bicycle repair items and sleeping bags The bus received the odd nickname because the possum is a nocturnal animal which cares for its young at night Weather NORTHERN COLORADO Fair to partly cloudy and not quite so warm through Friday High today and Friday 85 to 95 Low tonight in the 50s Variable winds 5 to 15 miles per hour By STEVE BAUER Tribune Staff Writer A record 660 cowboys have entered the 1974 Greeley Independence Stampede and will compete for a record purse of it was announced this morning by rodeo secretary Alice Alsbaugh Six rodeo performances starting Saturday and concluding Thursday July 4 are scheduled at the Island Grove Arena Nine of the top 15 all-around cowboys as listed in the Rodeo Cowboys Assn standings are entered in the dence Stampede One dozen of the top 15 saddle bronc riders are entered and will compete for a probable purse of The bareback Bronc riding event will also see 12 of the top 15 cowboys competing for a purse of In the bull riding event tlie spectator favorite 10 of the top 15 cowboys are entered and will compete for a purse of Ten of the top 12 steer wrestlers are also entered and will be competing for a share of the purse In the two roping events the Independence Stampede has six of the top 12 calf ropers entered and 14 of the top 15 team ropers entered The calf roping purse is and the team roping purse is with two-man teams splitting the prize money Saturday's rodeo as well as Sunday's and Thursday's rodeos starts at 2 p.m Night rodeos starting at p.m are set for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Last year 607 cowboys were entered in five rodeos with a total payoff of for seven events Entry fees were higher last year in some events boosting the purse Expert believes Greeley can save at least fourth of water With city officials declaring a lawn sprinkling ban Thursday it appears Greeley citizens are not using their water watering their lawns Glen Bechtholdt owner of Highland Nurseries Inc said If the people of Greeley would use their water on their lawns like they should we would cut the city water usage by and possibly even one-third Bechtholdt is well qualified to offer advice on lawn care with degrees in general horticulture and nursery management and he is a registered landscape architect The type of soil in a lawn largely determines the amount of water needed for a lawn according to Bechtholdt but the average lawn will require about an inch of water per week Watering a lawn every other day is not the best thing for the Bechtholdt said If you water deeply then you can skip a few days The horticulturist doesn't set aside regular watering hours for his lawn but instead judges by its appearance as to whether it needs watering Bluegrass which Bechtholdt says makes up 99 per cent of the lawns in Greeley will turn from green to slightly bluish gray when it needs Bechtholdt said Then is the time to water deeply and make sure the lawn gets a good soaking To measure the output from a sprinkler and hose Bechtholdt suggested using a coffee can set near the sprinkler then measure the water level in the can after one hour If the water from the lawn begins to run into the gutter move suggested Water someplace else in the lawn and then come back to the other place after the water soaks in The length of the lawn also determines the amount of water needed If you would suddenly get a shorter haircut and then spend the day working in the sun you would get a severe burn on your Bechtholdt said and your lawn is the same way If you cut the lawn short the grass is going to get sunburned and die Bechtholdt contends that lawn should be cut to a length of to 3 inches This gives the lawn a nice lush look and also protects the roots and small It would mean cutting the lawn every five days but the lawn will look much nicer and will be much healthier The longer grass will also keep the weeds from starting in the lawn and deep waterings nourishes the grass Weeds will start in a lawn which is watered lightly several times a week Bechtholdt also said he was pointed to sec that so many people were watering their lawns within two days after Greeley received three inches of rain on June 8 After a rain like that one no one should have watered their lawns for at least a week Bechtholdt said Several of the city parks were watered on June 10
