12A Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Incident Command Center
About 600 firefighters are making the Montezuma County Fairgrounds their home as they deal with the Weber Fire. The Incident Command Center houses offices, food service, bathrooms, showers and tents are scattered throughout the grounds.
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Dolores also wins grant approval From Page 1A
SOUTHWEST COLORADO LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION
being able to convince residents to approve a $21 million bond resolution in the November election as the grant is a 50-50 match. Last year, a bond issue was voted down for a matching grant for Southwest Open Schools after they received a BEST grant. Carter said a lot more work needs to be done, saying Friday’s decision was just the first step. “Right now we need to organize and plan on a strategy to put (the bond ques-
tion) on the ballot,” he said, adding the district needs to get the message out to the community on the importance and the opportunity that is before them. “This is just an opportunity to give our kids a chance to succeed into the 21st century,” he said. Re-1 asked for the highest grant amount from BEST when adding the match amount that is another $21 million. When not adding the match amount, the grant requested amount was the second highest in the state.
The Re-1 school board appointed Carter’s secretary, Linda Diffendaffer, as the person who would be in charge of the bond election for the district. Re-1 was one of 26 school districts in the state that was placed on the short list. The BEST board prioritized the districts on that list because there is only so much money available. The Southwest Open Charter School’s request grant for a new campus was rejected this year. The Dolores School District’s grant request of
roughly $10 million for a vocational technology/science replacement, safety and security upgrades and classroom additions as well as other construction items was approved. Since the Re-1 school district and the Dolores School District are in separate districts within the county, there will be two separate ballots with different voters. Reach Michael Maresh at michaelm@cortezjournal. com
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