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I A6" ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Friday, April 17, 1998 agree Ho ion for forest pay i firV: -m ernments rarely sell public land outright, instead leasing special-use permits to miners, loggers, ranchers and developers. In most Western states, revenue from such uses on state trust lands are dedicated to school construction, and officials are legally bound to seek the greatest financial return from the land. In the Loomis deal, the Washington Board of Natural Resources was swayed by the prospect of quick money and by environmentalists' agreement to drop a lawsuit challenging state plans for logging elsewhere on the forest, Public Lands Commissioner Jennifer Belcher said. OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) Wild hills of pine and larch, snugged up against the Canadian border.

Sparkling streams and snowy peaks. Priceless wonders of nature? Hardly. The Loomis State Forest in north-central Washington has a price, all right and envirdnmental-ists have just agreed to pay it A coalition of preservation groups struck a deal last week with state officials, agreeing to pay as much as $20 million to compensate taxpayers for the value of the timber on the 30,000 acres of the Loomis. It's not the only place where green activists are reaching for their checkbooks. Across the West, foes of logging and ranching on public lands are showing a newfound enthusiasm for the free market After fuming for years that government land managers charge too little for the rights to cut timber and graze cattle, the activists are at the auction block, too, trying to outbid loggers and ranchers.

In New Mexico, a group called Forest Guardians leases grazing rights to more than 2,500 state-owned acres for about $2,500 a year. On the banks of streams once grazed by cattle, the group has planted thousands of willow and cottonwood seedlings to halt erosion. Such efforts are a new twist on environmentalists' long-standing efforts to preserve land through regulations or by buying it. The Nature Conservancy, for example, is well known for purchasing private land for wildlife preserves. But state and federal gov (AP PhotoHmo Gudle-Jounial, Marilya Newton) Flooded downtown Reno is seen in this aerial photograph taken from an Army National Guard helicopter on Jan.

2, 1997. Heavy rains and flooding pounded the region, driving hundreds of people from their homes. Scientists trying to put Reno flood in historic perspective She also said the state has trouble attracting buyers for timber from the Loomis, which is on the dry, eastern side of the Cascade Range and has smaller trees than western Washington. "It's a really good opportunity for us to realize the value of this land for the Common School trust," Belcher said. Elsewhere in the West, officials have been less receptive.

In Arizona, the Forest Guardians last summer offered up to five times what ranchers pay for state grazing leases, but state lands officials rejected the bids. The group is appealing the decision. The Idaho Watersheds Project has vexed the Idaho Land Board for five years with its attempts, none successful, to bid on grazing leases. This spring, it expanded its efforts to Utah. In one typical "grazing plan," the group promised to put a single Irish Dexter cow, which is small enough to fit in the back of a car, on a pasture for 30 minutes one day each year.

Ranchers and loggers argue that revenue from leasing grazing or logging rights is not the only economic benefit. Keeping a cattle ranch in business "also helps the local community, the feed store, veterinary clinic and grocery store," said Sara Braasch, executive director of the Idaho Cattle Association. "If you take that land out of production, the related revenue and multiplier effect are lost," she said. James Lyons, the U.S. Agriculture Department undersecretary who oversees the Forest Service, said the agency has not ruled out a change in regulations requiring that timber-contract bidders cut down the trees.

But he said the monetary gains of so-called "conservation bids" must be weighed against other benefits of logging, including the prevention of forest fires and providing wildlife habitat. Even some environmental groups are wary of bidding to protect public land, worried that it will lead to expectations that every dispute be settled by the checkbook. Mitch Friedman, director of the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, says that's a legitimate concern. The deal with the state gives the environmentalists 15 months to raise enough money to reimburse the state for the forest's timber and land expected to be $10 million to $20 million. "We have to protect the Loomis, and we have to protect it now," Friedman said.

"The only way to do it is to pull out our wallets." 1 Mitch Friedman 'Unlisted' numbers published by GTE 1997 flood in a prehistoric perspective and to gain deeper insight into the river's potential fury. "There is very clear evidence for large floods occurring on the Truckee, possibly even larger than the one in 1997," House said. "There have been at least three extremely large floods, probably more, in the last 4,500 years or so." During the height of the 1997 flood, the peak flow of the Truckee River reached 18,200 cubic feet per second at a U.S. Geological Survey gaging station in Reno. A subsequent report by the USGS projected that without upstream reservoirs, the flow would have topped 42,000 cfs, resulting in an additional 52,600 acre-feet of water flowing through downtown streets and businesses.

As it was, the USGS estimated the 1997 flood in Reno as having a one in 50, or 2 percent chance of occurring in any given year. But such estimates are based on flow records that date back no longer than 100 years or so barely a blip in geological terms. "It's not an exact science," Stephen Hammond, a hydrologist with the USGS, said of current means to determine flood magnitude and recurrence intervals. "But we feel these numbers are realistic." The DRI scientists also have found that the largest floods occur during the winter, caused by heavy rain on top of large amounts of snow. "If you look historically, the largest spring floods are less than half the size of the largest winter floods," House said.

"Winter rain-on-snow is basically a double-your-money event." House said it's unknown whether the El Nino phenomenon is directly related to severe flooding, though the study does suggest that large floods tend to occur during periods of climatic and atmospheric changes. Ultimately, House said the latest study will help improve knowledge of river flood behaviors and lead to better models for predicting flood frequencies and dangers. Once complete, he said the findings also will be of interest to planners in managing property and development within flood plains. The Truckee River study is part of a larger, three-year effort to determine long-term flooding trends of rivers around the West Similar studies are planned along the Walker and Carson rivers in Nevada; the Verde and Bill Williams rivers in Arizona; and the John Day and Deschutes rivers in Oregon. RENO (AP) Last year's flood that ravaged portions of Reno and Sparks wasn't even close to being the largest that ever occurred on the Truckee River, according to researchers at the Desert Research Institute.

But its destruction would have been much greater if it weren't for the system of reservoirs along the upper Truckee that help control the flow of water. "This particular flood was attenuated by the reservoirs upstream," said DRI researcher Kyle House. All the control mechanisms along the Truckee River drainage basin were installed this century. Three reservoirs Prosser Creek, Martis Creek and Stampede were not built until tRe1960s and early 1970s. Without the benefit of managed releases from upstream reservoirs, House estimated the flood that struck the region on New Year's Day would have been in the magnitude of a 1.000-year flood.

"The extreme regulation of the Truckee River saved the city of Reno from extreme disaster," House said. House and fellow DRI scientist Eric McDonald are studying layers of and deposits in the river banks a science known as paleof-lood hydrology to try to put the ternal memos obtained by the Los Angeles Times. McNeely, however, said GTE told regulators about the problem last week. "This is a boo-boo of giant proportions," said Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a San Diego-based nonprofit consumer advocacy program. For years, phone companies used data from their white pages and repackaged and resold the information to businesses.

GTE leases these directories to telemarketers, real estate agents and direct mail businesses, which use them for solicitation lists. Nearly 9,000 faulty books have been distributed, mostly in Southern California. By Thursday, GTE officials said they retrieved about half the books and expected to have 90 percent by Monday. Street directories include names, demographic information, ZIP Codes and residential and business phone listings sorted by address and telephone number. These directories are not supposed to include unlisted names and phone numbers.

The mistake could be costly for GTE. State regulations would only require the company to pay back customers for "out-of-pocket charges" in this case, the $1.50 per month they pay for the nonpublished numbers, said Tom Long, a lawyer with the consumer group The Utility Reform Network in San Francisco. The PUC's McNeely, however, said the commission could levy fines of up to $20,000 per customer for violating a rule that forbids a telephone company from revealing confidential customer information. LOS ANGELES (AP) GTE California's second-largest telephone company, is scurrying to retrieve phone books leased to telemarketers that mistakenly feature unlisted numbers and addresses of about 50.000 customers. "Those listings were in and they shouldn't have been," GTE spokeswoman Nancy Bavec said Thursday.

"The situation did happen, and we apologize for it." The listings included unpublished and unlisted numbers and addresses for customers who requested the information not be made public. An unpublished number is not in the phone book but is still available by calling an operator, An unlisted number is not available by either means. v'. r--. More than 1 million GTE residential phone customers in California pay $1.50 a month to keep their numbers unpublished.

Company officials estimate 50,000 of those customers were affected. Stamford, GTE, which has not informed customers of any errors, has reprinted the 19 affected editions and this week sent employees to replace the flawed books. "We're very concerned about this revelation." said Larry McNeely, chief litigation and resolution officer in the state Public Utilities Commission's Consumer Services Division. "At this point, we are most concerned for the safety and integrity of those citizens who had their names and numbers accidentally published." More than half of all home phone numbers are unlisted in California, where lawmakers have passed dozens of privacy-protection laws. Officials at GTE's Anaheim-based directory division knew of the mistake in early March, according to in- 1 IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ELKO CASE NO.

5622-PR DEPT. NO. 1 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JUANITA HUBER, aka JUANITA F. HUBER, Deceased. LLO" QJS Sit back and enjoy a relaxing evening at home with a new entertainment center! Sale priced to fit your needs! '249 il VV Jhe lb Clwtnfa Of Conunctce CCA7020 4 pc.

$879 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALBERT H. HUBER has filed with the Clerk of this Court a PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, reference to which is made for further particulars, to appoint ALBERT H. HUBER Administrator of the Estate of JUANITA HUBER aka JUANITA F. HUBER, and to let Letters of Administration issue to said Administrator, that the time of hearing of same has been set for Monday, the 20th day of April, 1998, at 10:00 a.m., of said day, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, in the Courtroom of the above-entitled Court, at the Courthouse in the City of Elko, State of Nevada, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the said Petition should not be approved, allowed, confirmed, and settled. DATED this 2nd day of April, 1998.

-s-Karen Dredge COUNTY CLERK -s-S. Pattani DEPUTY CLERK VAUGHAN HULL, LTD 530 Idaho Street Elko, Nevada 89801 Attorneys for Petitioner -s-Robert O. Vaughan ROBERT O. VAUGHAN A-6, 11, 17 NOTICE CITY OF ELKO ORDINANCE NO. 503 AN ORDINANCE, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, TITLE 3 OF THE ELKO CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ELKO GENERAL ZONING ORDINANCE" BY ARRANGING SECTIONS 3-2-11 INTO TWO SECTIONS: THE FIRST SECTION ENTITLED 3-2-11 IBP (INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK) AND THE SECOND SECTION ENTITLED 3-2-1 1B, IC (INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL).

THE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT ESTABLISHED A ZONE SUITABLE FOR CORPORATE OFFICE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES, OFFICE PARKS AND COMPATIBLE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ESTABLISHES A ZONE SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL USES, SMALL SCALE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES AND RESIDENTIAL USES WHEN APPROPRIATE. ALSO. BY ARRANGING SECTION 3 2-12 INTO TWO SECTIONS; THE FIRST SECTION ENTITLED J2-12A. LI (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL) AND THE SECOND SECTION ENTITLED 3-2-1 2B.

Gl (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL). THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ESTABLISHES A ZONE SUITABLE FOR LESS INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USE. THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ESTABLISHES A ZONE SUITABLE FOR MORE INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USES. ALSO BY AMENDING AND ADDING REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARD FOR THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. Complete copies of this Ordinance are on file and a variable for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk.

1751 College Elko. Nevada. The Etko Board of Supervisors Shan adopt or reject this Ordinance withm 30 days from date of tfvs publication. MAYOR AND CITY OF ELKO BOARO OF SUPERVISORS Dated: Aom 14, 1998 A-17 ItftTTl Starting yi Hrtm As Low As i I U33 $TQ $836 April 16 frm 10am' 5 pm April 79 rem 1 1 am pm at iht tlko Convention Ctnter Admission is FREE! touching fpr kmt nmeitting, gatltmng, lanitcttpinf tni turnmu fun in Mi 0 111 I 111 II II I I fy 1 III II 'I La i fcv- i ill ii i iXIIDi II lAHU hail! 1 SLt- I 1 iLvM I I II 'r. r- I Havt Hour picture taken wiih Burnty IF So bring out the popcorn tonight and enjoy the 3tn freai Vmetl 1 kftHMlm tatt, i ill.