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Bob Schaffer
Age: 30.
Party: Republican.
Occupation: State senator since 1987,
proprietor of Northern Front Range Mar-
keting and Distribution.
Education: Bach-
elor's degree from the
University of Dayton,
Ohio.
Family: Married to
Maureen; three chil-
dren. Pho
Phone: 223-7805
Three key Issues:
■ Support for the
education system:
Would work to reform the system so that
teachers are treated as professionals,
and parents are offered more choices for
their children's education,
■ Helping the economy: Would create
new jobs by offering incentives to com-
panies that create primary jobs or that
invest in research and development.
■ Protecting the environment: Con-
tinue to find ways to manage hazardous
waste and improve air quality.
that any new funding should be tied to
reform — like they say 'no more dough
for the status quo.' '
His plans for reform include treating
teachers like professionals and offering
parents more choices in how their chil-
dren are educated. Steffes said the sys-
tem needs money.
"My opponent says there is enough
money in the education system. I don't
agree," he said. "I think the system is
See CANDIDATES, Page C2
"We have to be taken out of the com-
fort zone to make us hear th? reality."
The task force was appoi t after a
July incident in downtown _ _ c Collins
in which a black teen-ager and two
friends visiting Colorado State Univer-
sity were assaulted with racial slurs.
The youth also was zapped with a stun
gun.
The group was created by the city,
Colorado State University, Poudre R-1
See TASK FORCE, Page C2
Overland Trail
meeting brings
out 200 people
By CHRYSS CADA
The Coloradoan
Many of the more than 200 people
attending a neighborhood meeting
Wednesday night in southwest Fort
Collins left more relaxed than when
they arrived.
Residents of the foothills neighbor-
hoods on the southwest edge of the city
packed the auditorium of Webber Jun-
ior High School to express their fears
about the proposed extension and ex-
pansion of Overland Trail.
City officials assured the group that
plans to change Overland Trail are still
a way down the road.
The proposed extension would ex-
tend the road south from where it cur-
rently dead ends to County Road 38E.
"We never said it (the extension) was
going to happen now," said Rick Ens-
dorff, city transportation director.
Many residents said they thought the
rural setting they enjoyed was being
threatened.
"It's not like we think we can stop
development from coming," Jacque
Niedringhouse said. "But we bought
our house for certain reasons, and now
we discover the atmosphere we chose
might be about to change."
Niedringhouse and several other resi-
dents of the Quail Hollow neighbor-
hood said they were not fully informed
about proposed changes to the road
when they bought their homes.
"The future of Overland Trail was
misrepresented to us," she said. "We
were told that the road was scheduled
to be widened to four lanes, but not for
10 to 15 years."
The road is scheduled to expand to
four lanes as development along the
road increases traffic, Ensdorff said,
He warned residents about rushing to
push the panic button.
"At this point we are riot actively pre-
paring to build up that road," Ensdorff
said. "I can't tell you when those im-
provements will be made, but it's
many, many years away."
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