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Fluoridation Is Returning To Nucla Water System
After meeting with the
State Fluoridation Engineer
for the Colorado Department
of Health. Bill McCusker, the
town of Nucla was in full
agreement with renewing
fluoridation of the town's
water supply again.
Nucla Elementary School
principal. Dr. Constance
Mahaney. and the school
nurse for the West End
School District. Debble Dil-
lon also were at the October
26 meeting to urge the town
board to proceed with the
program. McCusker was to
go to the water treatment
plant the day following the
meeting wlth Public Works
employee Archle Richardson
to get the system back on
line.
In other action taken by the
board, It was agreed to write
a letter to Colorado's
senators and congressmen in
support of the Uravan site as
the preferred location for the
UMTRA mill tailings dis-
posal, rather than Dry Flats.
Terri Thomson. who has
been working with the town
to develop further com-
puterization, presented a bid
sheet for equipment and
software for the town to send
out for price quotes.
Dale Williams attended the
board meeting regarding a
purchase of town property he
had proposed at the previous
meeting. Williams was ad-
! I
vised that the board has not
had an opportunity to dis-
cuss his proposal at any
length yet.
The board did approve
Williams" request to place a
fifth-wheel trailer next to his
property on Main Street.
where the old movie theater
had been located. The
camper is being lived in and
is located just south of the
Sorority News
Notes
The Oct. meeting of ESA
was in the home of Joanne
Woods. The meeting was
called to order by Pres. Janet
Series who Introduced the
guests. Aml Schierman. Klm
Harrison. Diana
Reams gave a report on the
successful rush party. The
Nucla Town Library was
given a donation of 8150 for
book tapes. Joanne Woods.
Nada Strphens and Diana
Reams volunteered to work
at the mini health. Plans
were made for the pledge dtn-
ner to be held Nov. 1 at the
Naturita Community build-
Ing.
The educational program.
whose theme for this year is
accomplishments of an ln-
fluenUal woman in your life.
was given by Vtcki Garber
and Carolyn Been.
I I I I II II
ATTENTION
HUNTER AND
VISITORS
If you ore planning to bring hay, straw or mulch onto
National Forest System lands in our area, be sure that
it is certlfiecl week-free. Orange and blue striped
baling twine on the boles show that it is certified. All
weed free hay and straw, including that certified in
other states, must hove a document stating that is
weed freeThe nearest sources of weed-free hay in our
area are Montrose and the Dolores-C,,ortez area. A list
of producers is available at the Norwood Ranger Dis-
trict office.
Pellets and culoea nay products ore not required to
be codified, but it is recommended. Grain is to re-
ClUlrecl to be certified. Pellets are ovailalole locally in
both Nuclo and Norwood.
Thank you for helping us reduce the effects of noxious
weeds in our area, For more information, contact the
U.S. Forest Service. Norwood Ranger District at 1760 E.
Grand Avenue in Norwood. or coil us at 327-4261.
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Williams property now.
Trustee Paul Koski
reported that work at the
back of the library building is
proceeding. He also noted the
park needs to be winterized
and reported that two more
weeks of advertising for bids
on the restrooms at Rainbow
Reservoir are being run.
One heater has been in-
stalled in the building at the
town park and the second is
on site but not hooked up yet.
A format for operations and
communications between
the town marshal's office and
the county sheriffs depart-
ment has been received. No
action was taken by the
board.
A 1989 Dodge 4X4 pickup
was purchased at the govern-
ment auction recently.
The board approved the
hiring of Herb Brown to the
public works department.
A liquor license renewal
was approved for the Nucla
Moose Lodge.
Another budget meeting
was scheduled for November
2 at 7 p.m. and the next
regular meeting will be Wed-
nesday, November 9, at 7:30
p.m.
Weed -Free Forage Certification
In 1993, When the
Colorado legislature signed
into law the "Weed Free
Forage Carp Certification
Act". it intended to establish
a method to begin cleaning
up the states hay. straw and
mulch. It was not intended to
be a mandatory program, nor
has It become one-except on
Federal lands, but a volun-
tary program for producers of
forage crops, landowners
and consumers.
By growing and selling
crops that have been certified
as weed free the producer is
assuring that he Is not
responsible for yet another
infestation of some un-
desirable plant. He is also
guaranteeing himself top dol-
lar for his crop. Though the
price for weed free hay varies
throughout the state 8125
and up appears to be the
going price at this time.
By purchasing hay that has
been certified as weed free
the consumer is preventing
the Introduction of exotic
weeds which can be costly
and difficult to deal with once
they have become estab-
lished. Certified hay is
guaranteed to be free of 17
weeds including several com-
mon San Miguel Basin prob-
lem weeds. On the list are
Canada. bull and musk
thistle, field bindweed. Rus-
sian knapweed, whitetop and
houndstongue- all of which
are present locally and are
undesirable to introduce into
new areas. Also on the list are
several very invasive weeds
which we do not yet have in
our local fields and which we
wish to keep out. Among
them are diffuse and spotted
knapweed as well as the
dreaded leafy spurge which
is very common in many
parts of the state and
country.
After months of considera-
tion the USFS decided to re-
quire certified forage on the
lands It controls In Colorado.
Kelly Llston, who is the
Range Conservationist in the
Norwood office of the Forest
Service. explained "There are
infestations of several exotic
weeds already on the forest
and we are planning control
measures as funds allow,
The weed free forage act may
give us an opportunity to
decrease the introduction of
weeds at a pace faster than
we can control them."
Decreasing the spread of
weeds onto National Forest
land is much more desirable
than removing them once
they have arrived. "Preven-
tion is easier, more cost effec-
tive and is an
environmentally friendly al-
ternative to the use of her-
bicides and other methods
for weed control." stated Lis-
ton.
It Is hoped that visitors to
the forests of Colorado will
voluntarily comply with the
new regulations. However
enforcement with warnings
and tickets is possible, and
even probable, if voluntary
compliance Is not achieved.
Accountability Welcomes Public
continued from page 11
In order to be effective In
goal one. the Committee will
be hearing from the faculty
as to what level the cur-
riculum has been developed
so far, on a fairly regular
basis. This week the mathe-
matics curriculum was the
main target as teachers are
working with Dr. Annette
Cooper of Fort Lewis College
from 8th grade down to
Kindergarten and the high
schoo! working on the
uppereel's of the cur-
riculum.
For goal two. the Commit-
tee has asked for quarterly
reports from the building
principals on how often dis-
clpllnary action had to be
taken in the prior quarter
and at what level.
Goal three will be ad-
dressed by setting up a for-
mat to be used by parents
and community members
who will be asked to visit the
schools on an informal basis
and get a clearer perspective
of how the schools, students.
and faculty are functioning
as a whole.
For goal three, it was sug-
gested that school
newspapers be placed in the
grocery stores for the com-
munity to pick up and keep
apprised of what's taking
place in each building. Also.
for the Accountability Com-
mlttee to release a summary
of what transp/res at the
meetings.
With American Education
Week being November 13-19.
the schools are inviting
parents to attend classes
with their students for any
part of the day on specified
days at each school. This
puts the parents in direct
contact with what goes on in
the classroom and gives the
teachers the benefit of seeing
parental involvement in the
student's education as well.
Contests are being held at
the schools to see which clas.
ses get the best percentage of
parent turn-out that week.
A brief report was given
about the State Account-
ability Conference which was
held in Colorado Springs on
October 7-9.
The next District Account-
ability Committee meeting
will be at the Administration
office In Naturlta on Monday.
November 14. at 7:30 p.m.