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Pipeline hits a snag

Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

Heavy equipment arrived in the small neighborhood atop Cory Bluff last Friday evening and began 24-hour operations to get the North Delta Irrigation tunnel project back on track.

Crews working to install irrigation pipeline in a partially collapsed tunnel under Cory Bench ran into unexpected problems last week.

A shackle and cable assembly attached to the four-foot-diameter pipeline which enabled equipment to pull it through the tunnel bore failed during operations last Wednesday.

Hugs all around

Photo by Pat Sunderland

Hugs all around

Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Stone surprised his three children by popping into their classrooms several days earlier than they expected him to return from Afghanistan. Colin and Faith attend Lincoln Elementary School; Abigail is a student at Delta Middle School. Andrea Stone helped her kids keep track of their dad’s absence by transferring pebbles from one jar to another. More than 500 pebbles were moved during Stone’s year and a half absence. “I’m looking forward to relaxing and learning to be an American again,” he said. A transfer to Fort Carson is also in the works. During Sgt. Stone’s deployment, Andrea and the kids elected to live in Delta, near Judy and Mike Stone, Joseph’s proud parents. They added that Stone was awarded the Bronze Star for going above and beyond as the non-commissioned officer in charge of a signal support team on the Pakistan border.

This week's headlines

Pipeline hits a snag

Hugs all around

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