(IMPERIAL REPUBLICAN) The Imperial Republican reports, "Emotions ran high before the coffee was even served.As the crowd gathered at an informational ‘community coffee’ meeting in Wauneta’s American Legion Hall on Friday, friendly debate between local farmers and Upper Republican Natural Resources District staff and board members got underway well before the main presentation had even begun. Those heated discussions continued for well over an hour, as irrigators near the Frenchman River and Stinking Water Creek expressed concern regarding what they perceive as unfair treatment should their irrigation wells be shut off during water-short years.Jasper Fanning, URNRD manager, led the presentation to provide insight into what the NRD believes are solutions to southwest Nebraska’s challenge in meeting the mandatory water restrictions set forth by the Republican River Compact’s arbitration ruling.Wauneta’s community coffee, one of two informational question-and-answer sessions scheduled in the area last week, was also attended by URNRD board members Mick Strand and Dean Large of Wauneta and Tom Gaschler, Tom Terryberry and Jeff Wallin of Imperial. The crew headed to Benkelman that afternoon and are scheduled to host two more community coffees, in Lamar and Champion, on Wednesday of this week."
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