Washington aides tour Texas High Plains cotton industry
A group of eight Washington legislative aides and USDA personnel visited Lubbock and the Texas High Plains August 25-26 to study cotton production. They toured TAES and ARS facilities, the Jones farm, mills in Littlefield and Lubbock, and heard from regional cotton groups. They concluded with a ranch center dinner and returned to Washington August 28.
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PGC
Washington
Shawn Wade
USDA
Russell Williams
Pete Domenic
D-Nm
Andrew House
Devin Nunes
R-Ca
Mike Holland
Bill Thomas
Rodney Glassman
Raul Grijalva
D-Az
Spencer Ritchie
Sam Johnson
R-Tx
Deborah Shelby
Ernest Istook
R-Ok
William Hensley
Cal Dooley
D-Ca
Steve Ne
High Plains
Lubbock
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Usda Agricultural Research Service
Texas Cooperative Extension
Randy Boman
Boman
Texas High Plains
TAES
Lubbock County
David Jones
Jones
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers
Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association
High Plains Cotton Industry
Texas Tech University Ranching Heritage Center
American Cotton Growers Mill
Littlefield
Pyco Industries Cottonseed
Farmer's Cooperative Compress
Armeéts Co-op Association of
Sudan
Dennis Flowers
Arizona
A New Take on the Entrepreneurship Game in West Virginia
West Virginia struggles to foster entrepreneurs but adopts the Entrepreneurial League system or ELS to mentor talent. Tom Lyons and Greg Lichtenstein compare ELS to baseball leagues, with entry points guiding skill development from rookies to major leaguers. Local leaders say the approach clarifies services and gaps while awaiting results over several years.
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Rural Policy Research Institute
West Virginia
Montreal Expos
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Entrepreneurial League
ELS
Tom Lyons
Greg Lichtenstein
Most
Lyons
Center For
University of Louisville
Pm Jazz
Lichtenstein
Charleston
Joe Barker
State Rural Development Council
West
Plugged In Your computer cyber cities and blogging
Eric Spellmann outlines online community tools including message boards mailing lists and blogs and explains how to participate. He highlights Google Groups Topica Blogger and SimCity as examples and invites readers to engage online and via his newsletters.
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Spellmann & Associates
Amarillo
Texas
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Reflections on Fear and Faith in a Turbulent Era
Jerry Hester of the Terry County Ministerial Alliance writes on how fear is preached by media and leaders and contrasts it with biblical guidance. He cites First John 4 15 18 First Peter 5 8 and First Timothy 1 17 to urge trust in Jesus over alarm, urging readers toward peace beyond human understanding.
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Faith Fellowship of Unity In Diversity
Jerry Hester
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