Mystery business worth the wait harnesses county support
Finney County and Garden City officials back incentives for a confidential value added manufacturer amid talk of an ethanol plant in Ulysses. The plans include 500 plus jobs, $25 million in capital improvements, and a 10 year tax abatement with long term economic goals. A November election will ask voters to approve a quarter cent sales tax for 10 years starting 2008 as part of a broad development strategy.
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Meyer
County Commission
Finney County
Garden City
Ulysses
Holcomb
Steve Detty
Detty
Reeve Agri Energy
Kansas
Great Bend
Dodge City
Dillons
Martin Huschka
Tim Thompson
Finney County Economic Development Corp
City
Garden City Community College
Economic Development Board
Water conference tours irrigation issues across Kansas
About 50 participants toured sites and discussed water management from irrigation canal diversions near Lakin to the Ogallala Aquifer. Topics included surface water versus pump use, water sharing rules dating to a 1911 ruling, and the HorseThief Reservoir project near Jetmore.
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Colorado
Garden City
Amazon Great Eastern Ditch
Lakin
Salter
U.S. Geological Survey
Kansas
Lake McKinney
Rude
Ogallala
David Davies
Kansas Attorney General's Office
Astronauts load trash into Discovery for Earth return
NASA astronauts aboard Discovery unload a 2 1/2 year backlog of space station trash and broken gear into the shuttle for return to Earth next week. They also store the inspection boom and resolve a white foam packing issue with Mission Control guidance.
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Space Center, Houston
Discovery
Space Station
Earth
NASA
International Space Station
Mission Control
Steve Frick
District AYP report shows mixed gains and flaws
The district revised test results to correct counting errors, producing 28.3 percent proficiency for Hispanic 10th graders and 46.7 percent overall pass rate. Safe Harbor may allow the Hispanic subgroup to meet AYP, while reading scores lag. Abe Hubert and Sitts centers show narrow margins and coding issues affecting AYP, with special education also not meeting targets.
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Michael Brom
Safe Harbor
Mireles
Abe Hubert
Brom
Center For Educational Testing and Evaluation
Bram
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Sitts
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Circle K Ranch
Edwards County
Garden Center
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