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Your Local Newspaper Since 1890 Thursday August 15, 2002 GOAL: Hockey ounr backyard inside Queen, start making your Meet the candi- Page A6-7 New hockey team added to 16-team league to ca'l Larimer Co. event center home By Darrell Blair Special to the Beacon The puck hasnt dropped yet, but a Central Hockey League team in Larimer County is as solid as ice. Hockey team owners, league representatives and Larimer County officials convened Tuesday at the courthouse to sign a lease that makes minor league hockey in Northern Colorado, in Windsors backyard, a reality. The team and its future home, the Budweiser Events Center, will be the heart of the new 243-acre, $65 million Fairgrounds and Events Complex southwest of Windsor. "Were excited, and I think you all will be excited about what we have to offer," said Rick Kouzback, president and chief executive of the CHL.

"Its a brand of hockey that is very exciting because you have a lot of young people who are excited about where they are going next." The ten-year deal has been 1 1 months in the making. Details were hammered out by team owners Ralph Back-strom, an NHL veteran of 15 years and six-time Stanley Cup winner; and Bill Stewart, a former player whom Backstrom coached during his tenure at the University of Denver. The team has an option for a five year extension when the current agreement expires Sept. 1, 2013. Most of the negotiations with the county focused on revenue sharing from sponsorship and concession sales.

"As I approach this team and this new challenge we want everyone to know this team is going to be part of the community," Backstrom said. "Were excited about it. The quality of this league is very good. Last year, the CHL showed a 16 percent improvement. Its an up-and coming league.

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-ss your feedback I1 and email it to: tdsorbeaconl attbi.com 'll to: Beacon, 425 Main St. isor, CO 80550 ft'. 9,330.0: 6, 695.0: Town readies for the crowds By Allen Messick With the Roar of the Rockies and Harvest Fest on the horizon, the Windsor Police Department is working closely with promoters and event sponsors in hopes of seeing everything run smoothly. The traffic and crowd control issues will come to the forefront on Saturday, Aug. 24 when an estimated 10 to 12,000 spectators file into Water Valley for a day of boat racing, beer and music.

Chief John Michaels said he has been working closely with those in charge of the events to assure everything comes off without a hitch. Communication between all those involved is going to be key to the success. The town board was presented with the plans for closing off Water Valley Parkway through the boat racing weekend. Christopher Travis of Clear Channel shared plans with the board concerning the thousands of concert-goers expected for the Creedence Clearwater Revisited event. This is a first-time major event.

We need to stay on top of things and plan well, Chief Michaels said. Allen MessicktVndsor Beacon The Nacho Men had the crowds hopping, literally, Thursday night as they packed the Boardwalk Park concert area for 1950s and 60s music. (Above) Kylee Bentz, right, and her friends really get into the Mens version of the mambo. They tried their best to follow the instructions from the stage. (Left) Sparky Thunderbolt belts out some rock roll on his sax.

For more pictures from the fun night in the park, see Page A3. I tt. WINDSOR SPORTS Election 2002 Musgrave defeats Bedingfield on home court ,290.0: 8.456.0C WELD COUNTY COMMISH R-Michael J. Geile 9263 Glenn Vaad 4187 WELD COUNTY ASSESSOR R-Stanley F. Sessions 9183 WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER R-Steve Moreno 9169 WELD COUNTY SHERIFF R-John B.

Cooke 9304 UNITED STATES SENATOR R-Wayne Allard 9924 D-Tom Strickland 3182 US CONGRESS DISTRICT 2 R-Marilyn Musgrave 5503 R-Jeff Bedingfield 4607 D-Stan Matsunaka 2703 COLORADO GOVERNOR R-Bill Owens 9779 D-Rollie Heath 2884 SECRETARY OF STATE R-Donetta Davidson 9216 D-Anthony Martinez 2824 STATE TREASURER R-Mike Coffman 9247 D-Terry L. Phillips 2907 ATTORNEY GENERAL R-Marti Allbnght 9136 D-Ken Salazar 3066 STATE REPRESNTATIVE DISTRICT 65 R-Diane Hoppe 1928 D-Ken Clark 583 Jeff Bedingfield faired much better in Weld County than he did the rest of the state, losing the challenge for the 4th District seat to Marilyn Musgrave by a 46 percent to 55 percent margin. District-wide, Musgrave garnered 65 percent of the votes. Musgrave now faces D-Stan Matsunaka for the representative seat. In Weld County, voter turnout was 25 percent.

The chart gives unofficial Weld County results of the primary Tuesday. Wizards hit the links lindsor Wizards golf Psns the fall sports lfWh three matches. Page B1 Cuts evident, but more savings needed 6 the week at Collindale '3yrse 'n Fort Collins risk and reward. Page B1 with little trouble. But what we are working toward is a savings of water to be used next year, he said.

Our objective is to save some water, save the water rights we have in the CBT (Colorado Big Thompson) Reservoir for next year. Its like leaving money in the bank. Saving now will mean more for next year, Wagner said, adding that the quota or yield for the town of Windsor is expected to be further reduced if the drought continues. Next year we may get only half of this years allocation. The worse case now is a stop watering law and the grass dies.

But what do we do if you fiat run out of water? That would be disastrous! Wagner were put into effect Aug. town council noted By Allen Messick Windsor water users have made strides toward meeting the goal of a 30 percent reduction in water use, but there still a long way to go. With the town sod squad on patrol, watching for violations and helping to educate the community, the daily use of water is dropping. Just not enough. Water usage in August, through Monday morning, was 28 million gallons; the goal of a 30 percent reduction over last years consumption would have put the meter at 24 million gallons.

The Monday meter reading for the town, the day nobody is supposed to be watering lawns, showed a day use total of 1.3 million gallons. The daily aver- the that the ordinance was fluid, meaning it may have to be adjusted in order to meet the goals. 1 suppose we could go to a once a week watering plan, Wagner said of the current restrictions. But Level III means no watering and were not coming close to our goals. Wagner said he expected the town to get through this year In the first 12 days of August, under the restricted watering schedule adopted by the town, the community has used 12.9 percent less than last August to date.

Without rain, I dont think well make it, Wagner said of the limits. The trend isnt headed to the green line, the line designating the goal on the towns monitoring graphs. When the water restrictions age use, however, has been 2.3 to 2.7 million gallons. I dont see us meeting our target goal, town engineer Dennis Wagner said. According to his calculations, the town would have to average about 1.9 million gallons a day.

But even watering twice a week, just cutting the timers back five minutes would save hundreds of gallons, Wagner said. Partly cloudy Weekend Forecast.