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The Battalion Page? Tuesday, June 13,1989 City fighting government over diversion of stream BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Worried about its drinking water, B Broomfield is digging a one-mile [ditch to divert around its reservoir a stream into which the government’s Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant may have dumped hazardous waste. However, the government said the city of 27,600 needs a permit to divert a stream, and work on the ditch stopped Monday pending the outcome of discussions. Max Dodson, director of water management for the Environmental Protection Agency in Denver, said after a crowded meeting with Broomfield officials that he would visit the excavation site before mak ing a decision on the permit. “1 respect Broomfield’s effort to ' develop a safety margin here,” Dod son said. j City Manager George DiCiero said the city was prompted by U.S. Justice Department allegations that Rocky Flats dumped hazardous chemicals into Walnut Creek, which flows into a reservoir that supplies half of Broomfield’s drinking water. The creek provides about 5 per cent of the town’s total water needs. The government charged in an affidavit made public last week that Rocky Flats illegally dumped the | hazardous chemicals into the creek jon Nov. 15-16, 1988, and also that hazardous wastes were illegally burned at the plant. Federal officials said then they ! didn’t believe there was any health hazard, and the state Health Depart ment Monday said samples taken over the weekend of drinking water ! in Broomfield and other commu- | nities was not contaminated by any [ of 59 organic substances typically analyzed in checking drinking water. However, the state still was testing for 13 other chemicals specifically cited by federal investigators in their probe of Rocky Flats. Results were expected later in the week, depart ment assistant director Tom Looby said. “We are confident that these ini tial tests indicate that the likelihood of any of the 13 chemicals being found in these drinking water sup plies is very, very small,” Looby said. Bulldozers had dug only a few yards on the ditch before the EPA Senate (Continued from page 1) promote the historical analysis of so cial institutions and their relation to individual or group behavior. The following eight undergrad uate courses in Liberal Arts were ap proved by the Senate: • Economics 426. Economics of Antitrust and Regulation. (3-0) • Economics 453. Balance of Pay ments Theory and Policy. (3-0) • English 317. English Renais sance Drama. (3-0) • Journalism 200. Mass Media Information. (3-0) • Journalism 270. Principles of Publishing. (3-0) • Journalism 271. Principles of Broadcasting. (3-0) • Journalism 304. Editing for the Mass Media. (2-2) • Journalism 370. Introduction to Mass Media Research. (3-0) Five courses will be withdrawn from the curriculum: told the city to stop work on the $50,000 project, officials said. Dod son said he did not know if unautho rized work already done by the city would merit a fine. DiCiero said Broomfield re quested permission to divert the creek two or three months ago but got no response from the EPA until digging began Saturday. EPA officials had said that divert ing the creek would require a permit from EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. • Animal Science 442. Livestock and Meats Evaluation. • Dairy Science 410. Food and Plant Management. • Food Science and Technology 202. Fundamentals of Human Nu trition. • Food Science and Technology 410. Food Plant Management. • Mechanical Engineering 409. Physical Metallurgy. Various course names and de scriptions were changed not only on the undergraduate level, but the graduate level as well. Forty-two graduate courses were added to the curriculum, 18 of these being philosophy courses. These courses, as well as any reso lution from the Faculty Senate, must be approved by President William Mobley and the Board of Regents before being enacted. Mexican police link dropouts to heist of priceless artifacts MEXICO CITY (AP) — A pair of archaeology-ob sessed college dropouts with links to cocaine dealers pulled off the spectacular robbery of more than 100 priceless artifacts from the National Museum of An thropology, officials said Monday. Attorney General Enrique Alvarez del Castillo said the pair visited the museum more than 50 times, made sketches and plans, then jumped the fence, crawled in through an air conditioning duct and looted seven display cases on Christmas Day 1985. Federal police recovered 111 of the 124 stolen arti facts and arrested one of the alleged thieves and six associates on Saturday. Officials said investigators were stumped for more than three years because they thought professionals had carried out the daring robbery. “It turned out they were amateurs, two university dropouts who became obsessed first with having and later with selling the archaeological artifacts,” said a source at the Attorney General’s office, who insisted on anonymity. The suspected associates include a U.S. man and an Argentine woman, Alvarez said. He spoke at a news conference, where the pieces were exhibited on a long table covered with green felt. “Fortunately, the most significant pieces were re covered as you can see for yourselves. We can place no value on them — they are priceless,” said Roberto Garcia Moll, director of the National Institute for History and Anthropology, which supervises the mu seum. One of the most important pieces, a Zapotec mask of the bat-god Murcielago from the Monte Alban ru ins in southern Mexico, had come apart and had to be repaired, he said. Alvarez said the two college dropouts — Garlos Perches Trevino, 24, and Ramon Sardina Garcia — staked out the museum, “visiting it more than 50 times to determine what were the most valuable pieces, making sketches and taking pictures and studying security.” Finally, in the predawn hours of Christmas Day 1985, they jumped the fence of the largely ung uarded building in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park and crawled through an air-conditioning duct into the Maya Room. “They were able to open the glass cases easily and lift the pieces they thought were most valuable or which could easily be disposed of,” he said. Alvarez said the pair filled a canvas bag with 124 jade, gold and stone artifacts from Mexico’s ancient civilizations and drove off in the Volkswagen they had left parked outside the museum. He said they kept the treasure in a closet in Per ches’ parents house for more than an year, then took them to the Pacific resort town of Acapulco. In Acapulco, they met some drug traffickers and tried to interest one of them, Salvador Gutierrez, in buying the artifacts. Perches and Sardina gave him several artifacts in exchange for an unspecified amount of cocaine but never completed a deal for the entire cache, Alvarez said. “The sum of $1 billion was apparently mentioned, but apparently either Gutierrez was not interested or became suspicious and the deal fell through,” Alvarez said. Investigators finally got a break in the case when Gutierrez was arrested earlier this year in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, on drug trafficking charges. He mentioned the artifacts while being ques tioned by police, Alvarez said. Federal agents tailed Perches, who had moved back to Mexico City with the artifacts, for 45 days before the arrests last Friday. Alvarez said that investigators initially thought 140 pieces had been stolen, but a careful inventory and declaration by the suspects last week showed the number of pieces lifted was 124. The artifacts will be returned to the museum Wednesday at a ceremony which President Carlos Sa linas de Gortari will attend. Alvarez said Perches is being charged with theft and damage to national treasures, which carry a sen tence of 2 to 10 years imprisonment. An arrest war rant has been issued for Sardina, he said. Cocaine trafficking and possession charges were filed against Perches, his brother Luis, a U.S. citizen named Gary Nathan Chafee and an exotic dancer and restaurant owner named Isabel Camila Maciero who performed under the name of The Princess Ya mal. The charges carry a penalty of up to 25 years. matterwhat you've go to say or sell, our Classi fieds can help you do the big job. Battalion Classified! Summer 89 Classes Register Now MSC Basement 845-1631 ARTS & CRAFTS Airbrush: T/Th, June 20 - July 18 6-8pm $28/student $30/nonstudent Stained Glass: Wed. June 21 - July 19 6-9pm $25/student $27 /nonstudent Basket Weaving: Wed. July 5 - 26 6-9pm $16/student $ 18/nonstudent Etched Glass: Wed. July 12 6- 9pm $10/student $ 12/nonstudent Calligraphy: Wed. June 21 - Aug 2 7- 9pm $23/student $25/nonstudent Matting Ac Framing: Wed. June 21 - July 12 5:15-7:15pm Wed. June 21 - July 12 7:30-9:30pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Counted Cross Stitch: Wed. June 21 - July 5 6-8pm $10/student $ 12/nonstudent Quilting: Mon. June 19 - July 17 1 -3pm Class meets off campus. $20 fee Jewelry Casting Seminar : Sat. & Sun. June 24 & 25 9am-12noon & l-4pm each day $38/student $40/nonstudent Pottery - Wheel Throwing: Wed. June 21 - July 26 7:30-9:3Opm Thurs. June 29 - Aug 3 7:30-9:3Opm $25/student $2 7/nonstudent Fabric Painting Ac Stenciling: Thurs. June 29. July 6 6-8pm Thurs. July 20. 27 6-8pm $10/student $ 12/nonstudent Drawing: Thurs. June 29 - Aug 3 6-9pm $30/student $32/nonstudent Watercolor: Tues. June 20 6-8:30pm Thurs. June 22 6-8:30pm Sat. June 24 10am-3pm Thurs. Aug 3 6-8:30pm Sat. Aug 5 10am-3pm Tues. Aug 8 6-8:30pm $ 18/student $20/nonstudent BUSINESS Accounting for Small Business Thurs. June 22 - Aug 10 6-8pm $28/student $30/nonstudent Basics of Investing: Tues. June 20, 27. July 11. 18. 25 7:30-9pm $ 15/student $ 17/nonstudent Career Counseling: Thurs. June 22. 29, July 6, 13 6-8pm $ 14/student $ 16/nonstudent Interviewing: Mon. July 24 6-9pm $8/ student $ 10/nonstudent Resume Writing: Mon. July 17 6-9pm $8/student $10/nonstudent Business Etiquette for Success: M/W, July 10. 12. 17. 19. 24. 26 8-9:30pm $10/student $ 12/nonstudent Stress Management: M/W, June 26- July 17 6:30-8:30pm $20/student $22/nonstudent Image Consulting - Career of the 90'a Wed. July 12, 19, 26. Aug 2 6:30-8:30pm $ 15/student $ 17/nonstudent Developing Business Image and Style: Tues. July 11, 18, 25, Aug 1 6- 8pm $ 14/student $ 16/nonstudent Public Speaking and Communication: M/W. July 10 - Aug 2 7- 8:30pm $20/student $22/nonstudent HEALTH CPRj M/W. June 19. 21 6-1 Opm T/Th. Aug 1. 3 6-10pm $14/ student $ 16 /nonstud ent Nutrition On The Go: M/W. June 19. 21. 26. 28 7-8pm $10/student $ 12/non stud ent Six Days To Stress Relief : M/W. June 26 - July 17 6:30-8:30pm $20/student $22/nonstud ent First Aid: T/Th. July 18. 20. 25. 27 6- 9pm $20/student $22/nonstudent I Quit Smoking, So Can Tout Wed. June 21. 28, July 5. 12. 19. 26 7- 8:30pm $18/student $20/nonstudent DANCE 845-2611 Register Now LANGUAGES Beg Country Ac Western Dance: Wed. June 21. 28. July 12. 19. 26 6- 7:15pm $20/student $22/nonstudent Adv. Country Ac Western Dance: Wed. June 21, 28. July 12. 19. 26 7:30-8:45pm $20/student $22/nonstudent Beginning Jitterbug: Mon. June 19. 26. July 10. 17, 24 7- 8:15pm Mon. June 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24 8:30-9:45pm $18/student $20/nonstudent Ballroom Dancing: Tues. July 11, 18. 25, Aug 1, 8 7:30-9pm $18/student $20/nonstudent WOODWORKING Beginning Woodworking: Thurs, June 22 - July 13 6:30-9pm Mon. July 17 - Aug 7 6:30-9pm $27/student $29/nonstudent Wooden Toys: Wed. July 12. 19. 26. Aug 2 6- 8pm $15/student $17/nonstudent Decoy Carving: Tues. July 11 - Aug 8 6:30-9:3Opm $30/student $32/nonstudent PHOTOGRAPHY The Visual Art Of Photography: Thurs. July 6. 13, 20, 27 7- 9pm $ 17/student $ 19/nonstudent Beginning Black Ac White Darkroom Sat. June 24. July 8, 15 9-12noon $25/student $2 7/nonstudent Sat. July 22. 29, Aug 5 9-12noon $25/student $2 7/nonstudent Studio Photography: Sat. July 8. 15 9-12noon $25/student $27/nonstudent COMPUTERS Intro to Macintosh Computer: T/Th. June 20. 22 OR July 11.13 6-7:45pm $15/student $18/nonstudent Macintosh Word Processing: T/Th, June 27. 29 OR July 18, 20 6-7:45pm $ 15/student $ 18/nonstudent American Sign Language: T/Th. June 27 - Aug 1 6-8pm $25/student $2 7/non student Conversational Chinese: T/Th. June 27 - Aug 8 6:30-8pm $25/student $2 7/nonstudent English as a Second Language (ESL): M/W. June 26 - Aug 7 6:30-8:30pm $40/student $42/nonstudent Conversational French: M/W, June 26 - Aug 7 6:30-8pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Conversational German: M/W, June 26 - Aug 7 6:30-8pm $25/student $27 / nonstudent Conversational Italian: T/Th, June 27 - Aug 8 6:30-8pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Conversational Japanese : T/Th. June 27 - Aug 8 6:30-8pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Conversational Russian: T/Th, June 27 - Aug 8 6:30-8pm $2 5/stud ent $27/nonstudent Conversational Spanish: M/W, June 26 - Aug 7 6:30-8pm T/Th, June 27 - Aug 8 6:30-8pm T/Th. June 27 - Aug 8 8:30- 10pm $25/student $27/nonstudent SELF HELP Personality Enhancement: Thurs. July 20, 27 6-9pm $12/student $ 14/nonstudent Get Yourself Organized; Tues. July 11. 18, 25, Aug 1 6- 7:30pm $12/student $ 14/nonstudent Aasertiveness Training: Mon. June 19. 26. July 10. 17 7- 8:30pm $12/student $14/nonstudent How to say "NO": Mon. July 24. 31, Aug 7 7-8:30pm $ 10/student $ 12/nonstudent Stay Safe - Personal Safety: Thurs. June 29 6-9pm $5/ student $7/nonstudent Property Protection Thurs. July 13 6-9pm $5/student $7/nonstudent SPECIAL INTEREST Auto Mechanics: Thurs. June 29 - July 27 7-9pm $18/student $20/nonstudent Plan Your Own Wedding: Mon. July 10-31 6- 8pm $14/student $ 16/nonstudent Bike Maintenance: Thurs. June 22 - July 13 7- 9pm (6-10pm last class) Tues. July 18 - Aug 8 7-9pm (6-1 Opm last class) $ 16/student $ 18/nonstudent Herb Gardening: Tues. June 27 - Aug 1 7-8pm $8/student $ 10/nonstudent Home Landscaping: Wed. June 28 - July 26 7-9:30pm $20/stud ent $22/nonstudent Yoga: M/W, June 26 - Aug 7 8:30-9:30pm T/Th. June 27 - Aug 8 8:30-9:30pm $20/student $22/nonstud ent Image Consulting - Career of the 90's Wed. July 12. 19. 26. Aug 2 6:30-8:30pm $15/student $ 17/nonstudent JUST FOR FUN Juggling: Wed. June 21, 28. July 5. 12 6-8:30pm Tues. July 11. 18, 25. Aug 1 6- 8:30pm $ 10/student $ 12/nonstudent Bartending: . M/W. June 26 - July 31 7- 10pm $38/student $40/nonstud ent Basic Camcorder and VCR Tech: Mon. July 10. 17. 24. 31 7-9pm $20/student $22/nonstudent Beginning Guitar: T/Th. June 27 - July 25 7-8:30pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Children Can Cook ! T/Th. June 20 - 29 2-4pm M/W. July 31 - Aug 9 2-4pm Class meets off campus $24 fee Cake Decorating: Tues. June 20. 27 6-9pm T\ies. Aug 1. 8 6-9pm $12/student $ 14/nonstudent