How To Get Traffic | Action Line: It Wasn't A City Plot To Disrupt The Save Our Schools Rally

ANSWER — Parks Superintendent Ken Musil said it was an accident, not a plot to disrupt the rally. During the week prior to the ”Save Our Schools” rally, the Parks Division had been irrigating Lincoln Park at a higher rate than normal, because the Arts Picnic was coming, and the system would be turned off during that weekend. Musil: “At 11 a.m., the coordinator for Save Our Schools called the parks worker because the irrigation system was still running in the northeast section of Lincoln Park. He was concerned that they may get wet. The system shut itself off because it had completed it’s cycle at 11:03 a.m. When the group returned about 1 p.m. that day, another irrigation came on near the gazebo. It ran for three minutes and shut itself off.” Musil said he talked to the coordinator of Save Our Schools and apologized.

QUESTION — I have found a like-new, still-in-the-box of the “All About Greeley Game.” It was made several years ago, and it’s like a Monopoly game, only using Greeley businesses. The one I have has never been used. Can you tell me how much it is worth now?

ANSWER — Sorry, but you’re going to be disappointed. We talked to local collectables expert, Ron Wittow, and he said there were two copies of the game: one with the Greeley Boy’s Club in it, and one without the Boy’s Club. They are both worth about $5.

QUESTION — I’m calling about all these statues that the city is putting all over town. I thought we were broke. How can the city afford all those statues?

ANSWER — We talked to Mark Breimhorst, superintendent of the Cultural Division of the city, who said he isn’t sure which project you’re talking about: the Sculpture on Loan program, is exactly as it sounds: The city is loaned different art objects by different artists, and the city displays them for a year. The other project, in which the city buys art, has funds coming from the One Percent For Art program, which means that 1 percent of city construction projects goes into a fund to purchase art. The city council approved the One Percent For Art program in 1998, and it spends between $2,000 and $10,000 annually for art in that program.

QUESTION — Because Greeley’s traffic lights are red for so long, what would be wrong if we just ran through them? Why can’t we just ignore the red lights? Traffic would run much smoother.

ANSWER — I’m sorry, but that could be one of the dumbest questions we’ve ever had.

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Tribune reporter Sharon Dunn is taking over the Action Line column upon Mike Peters’ retirement. You can reach her by calling (970) 392-4439, or at sdunn@greeleytribune.com