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Reno Gazette-Journal Saturday, November 4. 1995 3B Split threatens water coalition "The Congress should cut in areas other than education. They need to put into education, not takeaway. Christy Alsip UNR sophomore from Farnley Topping-offfor Vegas tower today LAS VEGAS (AP) The tallest structure west of the Mississippi River will mark a construction milestone today when crews top olT the Stratosphere Tower. The action will take place midway between the Las Vegas Strip and the downtown district when a helicopter lowers a spire into place to top off the 1,1 49-foot -tall structure.

Gov. Bob Miller and other dignitaries are scheduled to attend this morning's activities. The Stratosphere will be the tallest free-standing observation tower in the United States when it opens in April. Central Valley: Change in legislation draws objections. said.

"For the following 1996-1 997 school year, close to $23 million was slated under this program. including UNR students. "The Republican plan ends this assistance, which could derail college plans for some." According to a report from the American Council on Education, a student with a 10-year repayment plan paying an interest rate of 8.25 percent who owes 1 1 ,000 when he or she graduates would instead owe $1 1,453. A student owing $42,625 upon graduation would instead owe $44,383. The interest on the loan would begin accruing as soon as the student graduated, but he or she would have the option of paying right away or adding the interest to their principal.

Student-loan reform plans worry some From page 1 "The Congress should cut in areas other than education," said Christy Alsip, a UNR sophomore from Fernley. "They need to put into education, not take away. I wouldn't vote for anyone who would vote for cuts in student loans." "There are a lot of students in Nevada that have to work while in school," said Dan Oster, a UNR junior from Reno. "Cutting the availability of loans is a real short-term approach. In the long term, it is best to invest in education.

If we make it more difficult to get an education, it will widen the gap between the educated and the uneducated." The House would terminate the program by June 30, and revert to using 41 guarantee agencies. The Senate version would place a limit on direct lending at 20 percent of new loan volume. "Over the life of a student loan, the Republican plan would cost each recipient $5,800 to $7,600," Reidsaid. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Education, by the end of this fiscal year, Nevada students will have 7,887 direct loans.

The report states that the GOP budget would "remove thousands of Nevada college students and up to five Nevada schools from the new direct loan program." "Next year, more than $12 million was slated to go to Nevada students under the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program," Reid Wake up to news from your own backyard. Get the paper, Reno Gazette-Journal in the foot." As it now stands, the bill would cap the amount of farmer payments, guarantee perpetual 25-year contract renewals and make other changes. It's been tricky for lawmakers to balance the sometimes competing interests of Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley farmers, and farmers on the East side as well as the West side. But last Tuesday, over the Clinton administration's objections, the legislation was passed by a House subcommittee.

Trouble erupted, however, when word filtered back from Washington that some language changes had been added to the bill. One change in particular got the attention of Stanislaus officials in a passage calling for development of a plan to provide long-term replacement water to entities "adjacent to the Stanislaus watershed." Supervisor Paul contends the phrase was added to help put the Stockton East Water District on a par with Stanislaus entities such as the Modesto, Turlock and Oakdale irrigation districts, in securing future water supplies. But Paul said that's not fair, adding it's too late for Stockton East to expect an equal place at the table. "They had the opportunity to opt in way, way back," she said, "when New Melones (dam) was first built. It's too late." The legislation rewrites core parts of a historic 1992 law that dedicated more Central Valley Project water to fish and wildlife.

The 1992 law, passed over objections of CVP farmers who irrigate 3 million acres of valley farmland between Redding and Bakersfield, also assessed farmers for an environmental protection fund and limited irrigation contract renewals. Valley lawmakers both Democrats and Republicans quickly signed on to the rewrite in an effort to improve its chances for passage. By MICHAEL G. MOONEY and MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy News Service WASHINGTON Subtle changes to major Central Valley water legislation are threatening the fragile coalition behind the bill and could endanger the top legislative priority for valley farmers. A new fissure in the coalition was opened this week when the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, led by Oakdale Supervisor Pat Paul, objected to a change in the bill's language that county officials fear could give the Stockton East Water District an unfair advantage in securing future water supplies from the New Meloncs Reservoir.

"The change," said County Counsel Michael Krausnick, "appears to extend the rights of the Stockton East Water District, and other (water) districts to the north of the Stanislaus River Basin, to the detriment of Stanislaus County and water users here." Paul was more blunt in her assessment. "Look somewhere else," she said. "Do other things. Don't look to steal Stanislaus County's water." But Stockton East General Manager Ed Steffani on Wednesday strenuously objected to Paul's contention the San Joaquin County water district was trying to steal water from its neighbor to the south. "That's absolutely absurd," Steffani said.

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