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Thursday, October 4, 1979 Volume 26 Issue 9;
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,--i About $10,000 damage was ment Chief John Weaver said
C-done to Nucla Marshal Bill about seventy percent of the
L 't}achman's home as a result of house was damaged as the
starting in the kitchen, result of heat and wa.ter.
ucla-Naturita Fire Depart- Marshal Bachman said he
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awoke last Thursday morning
to find the kitchen blazing.
He grabbed a bed sheet to
wrap around himself then got
out of the burning house. "I
Queen For A Day
Senator Dan Noble of Norwood crowns Lena Nix, Pioneer Day Queen. Lena Nix was the first
Norwood High School graduate. She was also the first librarian and is yet the Norwood Librarian.
Lena's attendants were Faye Davis and Dora Spor.
ion
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Television in the San Miguel
Basin area has been poor at
best, and absent completely all
too often. While the possibility
of a cable TV for the area
exists, there is a new possibility
{l of free ABC programming
within the week. •
A new station, KJCT, than-
nel 8, out of Grand Junction,
hopes to begin broadcasting
October 9 with the opening
day for the World Series. The
station has a coverage map
which includes the San Miguel
Basin area, as well as Moab,
Utah to Rangely and Glen-
wood Springs to Montrose.
But, no guarantees are being
made by the station that
individual towns in the cover-
age area will receive the signal.
"There is no way of knowing
how it is going to hit individual
stations until the signal is being
broadcasted," said Dick Win-
ters, Sales Manager for KJCT.
"Our signal will be that far,"
continued Winters, "but you
can't tell about a "IV signal
until you're on the air with
them. It could be clear, but we
might have terrain problems.
Sometimes you might get a
bounce down in a valley and
sometimes an area that can
be seen from a translator won't
get the signal. But if you are
down in a valley, you probably
will have more trouble getting
the signal.
The signal will be broadcast
at the 10,000 foot level off
Grand Mesa. The programming
will have local news as well as
the ABC programming, includ-
ing Monday night foootball
which is popular with all foot-
ball fans. The station antica-
pates no problems with Grand
Jtmction supporting two local
stations and the change and
variety of programming is be-
ing welcomed by many.
In the event the signal from
the new station doesn't come
to the Basin area dearly, the
possibility of receiving the sta-
tion still might exist. "If you
get a weak signal, a good an-
turned on the garden hose and
yelled, "fire, fire, fire," he said.
A neighbor, Dale Williams, was
awakened by Bachman's fran-
tic shouts. Williams reported
the house fire to the Nucla
Dispatch.
At 7:01 aan., the fire alarm
sounded. Within three minutes,
fire trucks and volunteers re-
sponded. Thirty volunteers a-
long with three fire engines
were at the scene, according to
the report.
Fire Chief Weaver said the
cause of the fire is unknown.
.The location was the kitchen
in a low area. The fire burned
upward into the attic, accord-
ing to Weaver.
Marshal Bachman sustained
minor burns on both feet. He
ILT
Colorado counties will re-
ceive $6,618,715 in payment
for fiscal year 1979 under the
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Act.
Checks will be mailed to 52
of Colorado's 63 counties this
week to compensate them for
the taxes they can't collect on
tax-exempt Federal lands with-
in their boundaries.
Hart, who was the Senate
sponsor of the Payments in
Lieu of Taxes Act, has worked
closely with Colorado counties
on implementation of the law
since its passage in 1976.
tenna will definetly improve
it," said Winter. And some-
times some companies that
have experts in detecting sig-
nals can bring in a signal with
special antennas, towers, or
equipment. "Contact can be
made with local antenna com-
panies or someone like Channel
Masters," continued Winter,
"to determine if special anten-
nas might work. Sometimes
you see 50' towers, like ham
radio antennas, to bring in a
signal."
Winters states that there was
also a probability that, as
cable TV was installed in the
area, the station would be a-
vailable on the cable.
also suffered smoke inhalation.
He was given medical attention
by Dr. H. H. Rosenzweig at
the Nucla Clinic then released.
Bachman was taken to a
friends home to rest and to get
warm. He stated a few hours
later~, "I'm so thankful to God
that my family wasn't-home
and that my life was spared,
also ."
The house belongs to Derro!
and Annabelle Almond of
Nucla. Bachman was renting
the property. According to the
report, there was fire insuance
on the house. Contents belong-
ing to Bachman were not in-
sured.
Montrose County Deputies
Tom Stevenson and Shawn
Cline responded to the fire.
This is the third year counties
have received payments under
the law.
"These payments are anim-
portant contribution the Fed-
eral government makes to local
communities for its use of the
land within their boundaries,"
Hart said. "It is a good ex-
ample of how the Federal
government can form a good
partnership with local govern-
ments."
The total payments under
the law nationwide are $105
million this year. Payments are
made on natural resource
lands, such as those run by the
Bureau of Land Management,
the National Park Service, the
Forest Service, and National
Wildlife areas. The funds coun-
ties receive may be used for
any purpose.
Congress is considering an
appropriation of $108 million
for the program in fiscal year
1980.
Montrose County received
$445,526 this year and San
Miguel County received
$I4,538.
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