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December ○ ○ Great Lakes, continued from page 1. ○ ○ Conservation stands out among a

○ ○ ○ bewildering number of quick-fix sugges-
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For some 10 years, its natural arte- ○ tions to the problem. Las Vegas
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DESK SCHEDULE ○
○ sian springs served as a watering depot ○ ○ traditionally has been a profligate guz-
○ for Mexican caravans from Santa Fe and ○ zler of water. The first Vegans didn’t
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Sun/1 C. Williams B. Wolin ○ Los Angeles, and after the Mexican- ○ bother to cap their gushing water. Their
Mon/2 M./R. Augulis R./W. Hetzler ○ ○ ○ American War, a site for prosperous ○ ○ attitude: “There’s plenty more where that
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Tues/3 T. Borg E. Rothfuss ○ American ranches that fed the thousands ○ came from.” Eventually, a water author-
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○ of prospectors in the surrounding moun- ○ ity was established that charged for
Wed/4 M. Burk C. Gilmore ○ tains. The prospectors died broke. There ○ ○ water— $l a year. Tucson, which depends
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Thur/5 G. Sayles J./H. Barrett ○ was a wealth of water in those mountains, ○ ○ on subterranean water exclusively,
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Fri/6 P. Oleson D. Powers ○ ○ but darn little precious metal. ○ charges twice as much as we now pay
The ranchers in the valleys got rich ○ for water. And it uses half as much.
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J. Geier ○ ○
○ off the prospectors, and even richer in
○ Maybe there’s a lesson there.
Sat/7 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ 1905 when the railroad bought the lush ○ As for the Big Springs, they will soon
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J. McManus ○ land for top dollar. The land was second- ○ be like Charles Lindberg’s Spirit of St.
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ary, though. What the railroad barons ○ Louis airplane or the cracked Liberty Bell
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Sun/8 M. Rosow S. Valladao ○
○ wanted was under the land—water. They ○ ○ in Philadelphia—something you take
Mon/9 N. Kresge J. Geier ○ ○ needed water to produce steam to propel ○
○ your kids to so they can learn about their
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Tues/10 T. Borg E. Rothfuss ○ ○ heritage.
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Wed/11 M. Burk C. Gilmore ○ ○ The Las Vegas Water District has
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○ formed a partnership with businesses and
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L. Vavak
public entities to preserve the original Big
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Thur/12 G. Sayles J./H. Barrett ○ ○ Springs area just east of Meadows Mall
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Fri/13 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ shopping center. Its 180 acres are barren
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○ desert now, with only the big wooden
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M./R. Augulis ○
○ frame of a pump to remind passers-by that
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Sat/14 G. Gabbert R. Conductor ○ ○ here was where the Las Vegas culture
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their locomotives over the Sierras to and ○
Sun/15 P. VanDooremaal L./M. Utah ○ ○ took its roots. The Las Vegas Springs Pre-
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○ from Los Angeles. ○ serve is scheduled to open in May 2005
E. Turkin ○ It’s always disillusioning to visitors ○ ○ and among its attractions will be a desert
Mon/16 N. Kresge J. Geier ○ ○ to hear that Bugsy Segal and slot ma- ○ ○ demonstration garden, restored historical
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○ chines didn’t found Las Vegas. It was ○
Tues/17 T. Borg E. Rothfuss ○ ○ buildings, museums, event facilities, and
water, water, water. ○ artifacts from the culture that those wa-
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Wed/18 M. Burk C. Gilmore ○ ○
Las Vegas doesn’t have much potable ○ ter sources spun.
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Thur/19 G. Sayles J./H. Barrett ○ ○ underground water anymore. It guzzled ○ So the Great Lakes of the Great Ba-
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Fri/20 A. Berg D. Powers it up like a drunk at an open bar, and in ○ sin have become no more than lamented
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1955 it tapped into the Colorado River. ○ relics of a gluttonous past. But they may
Sat/21 B. Wolin E. Schliepp
And, with the help of Arizona and Cali- ○ ○ also remind us of the fallacy of saying,
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J. Kisosondi ○ ○ fornia, it is trying to drink the Colorado ○ “There’s plenty more where that came
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Sun/22 M. Rosow L./M. Utah ○ dry just as it did those vast underground ○ from.”
○ caves. Hydrologists figure at the rate the ○
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Mon/23 M. Slagle J. Geier ○
○ three states are depleting the supply, the ○
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Tues/24 C. Williams E. Rothfuss ○ Colorado will go dry for all practical pur- ○ ○ Did You Get Yours?
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Wed/25 Closed Closed ○ poses in the first quarter of the 21st ○
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○ Century. ○
Thur/26 G. Sayles J./H. Barrett ○ e have a limited number
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Those underground caverns are fill- ○
○ of our 1st Annual Tortoise
Fri/27 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ing with silt. Sinkholes have already ○ ○ W Trot Xtra Large T-shirts
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Sat/28 L. Landry L. Landry ○ dropped sidewalks and driveways in ○ left. You can have your very own for
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○ North Las Vegas. The Great Lakes of the ○ just $5.00. Get this collector’s item
Sun/29 E. Turkin B. Wolin ○ ○
Great Basin have become ghosts of our
○ ○ while supplies last! Call Pat Williams
Mon/30 T. Borg J. Geier ○ ○ past, with the Colorado facing the same ○ at 395-7080 before they’re all gone.
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Tues/31 F. Rhea E. Rothfuss ○ dark future. How then will we meet our ○
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unquenchable thirst for water? ○
Changes? Call Jim Cribbs (363-1922)