The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 11

I TelevisionCrosswordLandfrsObituaries Sunday, April 1, 1090 Filing eases pressure for Nancy Lofholm Daily Sentinel Talking it up about Colorado-Utes finances over the years Aug. 24, 1988: Colorado-Ute's financial position is very good." Former Colorado-Ute President Girts Krumins. June 15, 1989: I don't see any way out for Colorado-Ute but bankruptcy. They are too far in a hole and digging it deeper. Stan Lewandowski, manager of Intermountain Rural Electnc Association.

mond Keith moved out the fancy furniture when he took the reins of the financially ailing utility in December. He could do away with symbols of the big-pocket attitude that had mired his company in $1.2 billion of debt, but he was unable to contain or control the crushing liabilities. Along with other Colorado-Ute officials, he was only able to ride Please see page 3B MONTROSE Things are a little out of kilter in the presidents office at the Colorado-Ute Electric Association here. The opulent leather swivel chair and king-sized desk that once dominated the office have been replaced by a simple secretarys chair and table. Colorado-Ute President Ray March 13, 1989: We lost $24.2 million dollars last yea) but with a lean and mean operation this year, and the anticipated sale of excess power, the association should be able to end 1989 with a profit of about $1 million." Former Colorado-Ute President Bob Void.

March 27, 1990: Its unfortunate it has had to come to this, but I believe 'this is in the best interest of Colorado-Ute." Colorado-Ute board Chairman Joe deGanahl speaking about the vote to authorize bankruptcy. Weelkeimafl. ffinuni Jim (EemwdDadl State Sen. Bishop to seek 5 th term for District 7 seat Vapor Caves face revamp after sale Bryan Gallegos Daily Sentinel State Sen. Tilman Tillie Bishop, R-Grand Junction, says he will continue to be a watchdog for western Colorado water concerns, in announcing 4 U.

1 OL' this weekend that he will seek a fifth term in the Colorado Senate. Bishop, 57, has represented District 7 which includes all of iJM- water rights. Bishops bill made it clear that groundwater that doesnt flow into lakes or streams is tied to the overlying property. Bishop has become known as an expert in water and other natural resources issues. But he has introduced and guided several other major pieces of legislation regarding natural resources, law enforcement, educa-' tion, highways and agriculture through the process.

Bishop is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy, and the Colorado Tourism Board. He also is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Local Government Committee and Legislative Audit Committee. Citing his record of service to the state and Mesa County, Bishop pointed out that his 20 years of service have provided an effective voice and leadership. I think its important for people that are having problems with various state agencies to help them break down those barriers, said Bishop. He said sometimes we're Please see Bishop, page 2B iishop Heather McGregor Daily Sentinel GLENWOOD SPRINGS On his second visit of the day to the Vapor Caves here, Steven Montoya of Grand Junction was walking faster and leaning on his cane a lot less.

Its the best my leg has felt in months, said Montoya, who broke his arm and leg when a car struck his motorcycle last fall. He and his friend, Joe Sawyer, came to Glenwood Springs on Saturday for a vapor bath in the underground caves, a place used for centuries by the Ute Indians. Sitting on marble benches in the 115 degree caves, they doused' themselves with cold water and sweated out the aches and pains of the winter. Upstairs, a team of massage therapists were soothing away the stress and tension of other visitors, such as A1 and Joyce Budris of San Francisco. I Im sold on the mellow atmosphere, said Budris, a computer chip salesman, after a 75-minute Please see Caves, page 2B ,4 4 11 1, 1 Mesa County for 16 years.

Before that, the Western Slopes senior statesman served two terms in the state House of Representatives. I want to serve the people of District 7 again, Bishop One of the areas that we need to watch is. what happens in water policy in the state of Colorado." Some of his most important work in the state Legislature has been related to water. Bishop was the prime sponsor of a bill that changed Colorado law on ground- Christopher TomllneonDaily Sentinel Sweating out the aches and pains of winter, Vapor Caves visitors will finish the steam bath with a visit to the massage therapists on the floor above where they will receive further treatment. Campbell will run for 3rd House term Historic relics fill town museum to the seams Heather McGregor Daily Sentinel Bryan Gallagos Daily Sentinel i One of the finest portraits of Doc Holliday is coming to his final resting place.

See page 2B. seek a third term in the U.S. Congress. He launched the tour from a breakfast fete with supporters at his ranch near Ignacio, then took it on the road to Grand Junction, Alamosa and Pueblo. Campbell has a lifetime teaching certificate.

He has a bachelor of arts degree from San Jose State University at California in physical education and did graduate work in education. He was a research student at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan. If were going to restffte a lot of our problems in the future weve got to have bright people to do it, Campbell told the crowd of about .,40 supporters and on-lookers. But its going to take more than money for nice buildings and new books and good labs to motivate young people so they can thrive in the future, he noted. Even more important to that is to find teachers who are commit-Please see Campbell, page 2B GLENWOOD SPRINGS On the stairway is the worn saddle used by President Teddy Roosevelt on his bear hunts.

Upstairs hangs a crazy quilt made by Baby Doe Tabors dressmaker from scraps of the silver queens finest gowns. And in a glass case near the front door is a loon, one of those magical, black and white speckled, lake country birds, shot by an early settler near Spring Valley. These are just a few of the thousands of treasures on display at the Frontier Historical Museum, 1001 Colorado in Glenwood Springs. On a cool spring afternoon, its the perfect cozy place to step back in time to the era of steam engine trains, lace gloves, carved flirni-ture and grainy, sepia-toned photo- Education is the key to solving many of the problems that face this nation, said U.S. Rep.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, D-Ignacio, in Grand Junction Saturday during a whirlwind tour of the 3rd Congressional District When you look at the overcrowding of our prisons, Campbell and you check the education that many of the youngsters that went into prison had, youll see a correlation between prison population and lack of education," Campbell said. Campbell made his comments from the steps of the Mesa County Courthouse, in announcing he will graphs of bygone days. Here is Glenwood Springs in 1884, a sparse tent-town sprink led across a sagebrush slope, the hot springs bubbling up in a narrow, shallow channel of the Colorado River. There are train wrecks, men chipping rock in Glenwood Canyon to build the stage road, rows of pigeyed children lined up on Ithe schoolhouse steps. In an upstairs comer are the treasures of the Glenwood Spr ings Polo Club: a huge silver champ ion-Please see Museum, page i 2B Christopher TomllnaonDaily Sentinel Janet Riley, director of the Frontier Historical Museum in Glenwood Springs, says the building needs a new addition.

1: J-i Vietnam vet meets nurse who saved life Bryan Gallagoa Daily Sentinel Vf A ducer confirmed that Caldwell was indeed the nurse that had saved Baczkowskis life 22 years ago. I was totally shocked, Caldwell said. It was just unbelievable. Baczkowski was shocked as well. For the last 20 years, he has thought about and looked for Caldwell through military channels, but was unsuccessful.

I did get frustrated and sometimes I just stopped looking, but I knew if I ever wanted to be free, I would have to find her, Baczkowski said. His break came last year when his wife was thumbing through a Vietnam Veterans of America publication looking for reunion information. She found an advertisment asking for stories about servicemen trying to find nurses. Dolores dared Baczkowski to call the number. The toll-free number was that of Unsolved Mysteries.

More than 800 veterans called the number with their stories, and Baczkowski was one of two who were selected. and continue their lives together. Its over now," Baczkowski said. Now I can live for the future. Its like Im 21 years old again and have never been to Vietnam.

Baczkowski, a specialist four in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, had suffered from delayed stress syndrome because of his wartime experiences in Vietnam. He felt that the key to freeing himself from the demons of war was to personally thank Caldwell for what she had done 22 years ago, in the one short week he had been under her care. Caldwell encouraged Baczkowski to write his wife, Dolores, whom he had just married four months before his service, to tell her about his injury. Baczkowski resisted because he was afraid that the injury would keep his wife from realizing the dreams she had for the couple.

But Caldwell assured Baczkowski that wouldnt happen. She wrote a letter to Dolores, ex plaining what had happened and giving her advice on how to handle it It was the only letter she ever wrote to a servicemans family, she said. When I started this search, it was for myself, but now its helping others keep their own dreams alive, Baczkowski said. The unsolved mystery was solved, though, even before the show depicting Baczkowskis story was aired last month. Caldwell was watching the show when a preview of the subsequent weeks episode was aired.

She said she thought Baczkowskis story sounded familiar, but she wasnt quick enough to get the toll-free number that flashed on the screen. She called her grandmother in Las Vegas, who would be able to see the show later when it was aired in her time zone, and asked her to write down the number. She then called and asked about Baczkowskis story, saying she might be the one he was looking for. The next day, the shows pro Jim Baczkowski was in Vietnam for only four months, but for the Grand Junction man the war lasted 22 years. It ended dramatically Thursday when Baczkowski, 44, tearfully thanked Linda Caldwell, an Army nurse who took care of him in an evacuation hospital in 1968 after he lost his leg in combat and suffered other severe injuries.

It took going on NBCs popular television show, Unsolved Mysteries, for Baczkowski ts thank Caldwell, who since the war has married and is living in North Plainfield, NJ. -Caldwell, 45, who was known to Baczkowski as Capt Linda Sharp of the Army Nurse Corps, flew into Grand Junction Thursday for a heartwarming reunion with Baczkowski. It was Caldwell, Baczkowski said, who gave him and his family the courage to accept his injury Ofwti LeugiwtyLaiiy jjen tinel Former Army nurse Linda Caldwell, left, came to Grand Junction Thursday to visit Jim Baczkowski, whose life she saved in Vietnam. i.