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YESTERYEAR: Owens takes steps to fix transportation budget shortfall, Amendment 41 derails three legislators
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … The Colorado Children’s Chorale performance at the White House was proclaimed a riveting success. Thirty-two Colorado children performed at the private event, an experience the now-adults have surely not forgotten. “The Holiday Open House” event was for White House staff, members of Congress, the Secret…
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YESTERYEAR: James Watt blasts critics, defends Interior policies in Grand Junction
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Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall declared that Colorado was “back in the big leagues” as he introduced divisive Coloradan Interior Secretary James Watt at the annual Club 20 banquet in Grand Junction. Watt, who noted he carried a Navajo arrowhead to “be protected from newspaper…