Scott City hosts Kansas ElectroRally for area high schools
About a dozen Kansas high schools sent students to Scott Community High School for the Kansas ElectroRally at the municipal airport. Teams design, build and race single-driver battery powered cars reaching over 30 mph, aiming to complete as many laps as possible in one hour.
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Scott Community High School
Nikki Pfannenstiel
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
Chuck Ellis
Ellis
Great Bend
Andrew Buckner
Jordan Unruh
Tri State to probe nuclear option in southeast Colorado
Tri State Electric board voted to study feasibility of a nuclear generator in southeast Colorado while continuing to back the Holcomb coal plant project. Spokesman Lee Boughey called nuclear a longer term option, not a replacement for base load generation, as the utility weighs future resource needs amid climate concerns and regulatory opposition to coal plans.
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Tri-State Electric Generation and Transmission Association
Denver Post
Tri-State
Lee Boughey
Boughey
Kansas Statehouse
Holly
Colo
Kansas
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Hays
Golden Spread _ Electric Cooperative
Texas
Sunflower
Southwest Kansas
Sierra Club
Stephanie Cole
Sunflower Talk Turns To Sunflower Coal Plant Debate
The session involving Garden City and Finney County representatives and speaker David Adkins considered Sunflower Electric Power Corp. expansion plans and the stalled air permit denied in 2007. Legislators push to overturn the veto, while Adkins cautions no personal stake and notes lawmakers’ voting dynamics amid ongoing legislature scrutiny.
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Finney County
David Adkins
Adkins
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Matt Allen
Pete Olson
Johnson County
Kansas House of Representatives
Kansas Senate
Investing in children funding future at KU medical dawn
Nell Adkins the six and a half year old daughter of David Adkins inspired a Kansas community breakfast on Investing in your Workforce Future. The Finney County 4 Kids Coalition and Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the event at the Clarion Inn with 80 to 100 attendees. Adkins, a former state legislator and KU Medical Center executive, spoke on child development connecting to workforce needs. Deanna Berry noted a Kansas Health Foundation training spurred the grant funded talk touring Garden City Liberal Dighton. The coalition received ten thousand dollars to support future discussions and community brainstorming. See Speaker, Page A5.
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Nell
University of Kansas
David Adkins
Clarion Inn
Workforce Future
Adkins
KU Medical Center
Finney County 4 Kids Coalition
Garden City Area
Smart Start
Rebecca Clancy
Russell Child Development Center
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