wKRE DA Quarterly Conference to be Held in Finney County
Finney County Economic Development Corp hosts the two day wKRE DA Quarterly Conference at Finnup Center and Clarion Inn with CD101 workshops. Featured speakers include Kasey Jolley of Wichita State University and FCEDC Director Liz Sosa. Open to officials, entrepreneurs, and community leaders across western Kansas. Contact FCEDC at 271-0388 for details.
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Finney County Economic Development Corp
Wkreda
Main Street
FCEDC
Western
Kansas
Wereda
Red Cross CPR class canceled in Garden City area
The Garden City Area Chapter of the Red Cross will not hold its monthly CPR First Aid class this month. The next class is scheduled January 9 2010. Contact the Red Cross office at 276 2762 to register and prepay at least one week before the class date. Class size is limited.
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Garden City Area
The
Red Cross
Carpe Verbum: Image and Word opens at Mercer Gallery
Garden City Community College launches a one year to next year transition with Carpe Verbum, a mixed exhibit of photographs drawings and written works. The reception December 4 features GCCC Jazz Ensemble readings and dramatizations marking the 2009 literary anthology release. The free exhibit runs noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays through December 13 and January 13 to 24, in Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building west wing.
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Garden City Community College
Mercer
GCCC
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Marsha Wright
City adopts cyber tools for public outreach growth
Finney County city officials report slow gains from new online tools led by a Facebook page with 1,045 fans since June. They note visual posts from cleanups, events, and expanded Spanish outreach on cable channel 8 while considering a Spanish version of the city site despite cost.
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Tanner Lucas
Tanner
City Clean
State
Finney County
Commission
Lucas
Garden-City
Ammonia safety talk inspires local responders
Patrick Johnson, a former Louisiana firefighter burned in a 1984 Dixie Cold Storage ammonia blaze, spoke at Garden City Community College. He now leads PM Hazmat Inc. and stressed training, proper handling, and coordinated response to ammonia incidents while recounting his survival odds and life-saving lessons.
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Patrick Johnson
Garden City Community College
Johnson
Dixie Cold Storage
Shreveport
Louisiana
Garden City
GCCC
Wayne Blackburn
Dallas Babcock
PM Hazmat Inc
Rock Creek
British Columbia
Canada
Ammonia Safety and Training Institute
United States
Dixie
Percy R. Johnson
KCPS and L seeks 300 MW wind power add to portfolio
Kansas City Power & Light seeks to quadruple wind generation by 2011 issuing an RFP for projects totaling 300 megawatts. Options include expanding the Spearville, Kansas, farm by 100.5 MW or adding 100 MW elsewhere plus 200 MW later. Decisions hinge on cost, regulatory approval, and Sierra Club pact deadlines.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Power & Light
Kansas City
Kcp&l
Spearville
Katie McDonald
Missouri
Kansas
Sierra Club
Weston
McDonald
Kansas City Kansas casino plan clears major hurdle
The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board approved a 521 million project at Kansas Speedway by International Speedway Corp and Penn National Gaming. The plan foresees a 2012 opening with 2300 slot machines and about 90 tables, with a hotel promised within two years or penalties.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas_ Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board
Lion Project
Kansas Speedway
International Speedway Corp
Penn National Gaming Inc
Wyomissing
Penn
Penn and Speedway
Review Board
Matt All
Lawrence
Penn-Isc
Kansas Lottery
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Finney County Emergency Management
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Kcps&l
Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission
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