County council weighs FCEDC funding increase against oil downturn
Finney County commissioners debated a proposed one mill boost for the FCEDC and a separate city mill request, highlighting mixed support. FCEDC cites Amarillo trip as impetus while some commissioners remain skeptical. Other actions included budget advisories, a gun range of requests, and a railroad crossing closure petition related to the Conestoga ethanol plant.
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Cathy McKinley
Fcedc Board of Directors
FCEDC
Amarillo
Texas
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Eric Depperschmidt
Dopperschmidt
Roman Halbur
Halbur
Don Dole
Larry Jones
Commission
Cliff Mayo
County Commission
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25Th Judicial District
Finney County Conservation District
Finney County Historical Society
Area Mental Health
Finney County
Pete Olson
Babe Ruth Association
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Office Solutions
Cimarron Valley Port Authority
Port Authority
Depperschmidt
Jennie Barker Road
Conestoga Ethanol Plant
Kansas
Principal bids farewell as district leans toward laptop initiative
USC 45/7 reports a principal saying goodbye and thanking Superintendent Rick Atha and Deputy Superintendent Steve Karlin as she leaves. Board approves consent agenda and an agreement with Twotrees Technologies to develop classroom management goals for a one to one laptop program at the new high school opening in 2012. New district website unveiled by Roy Cessna and Kristopher Sisk with multilingual access and bond-project photos.
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Rick Atha
Steve Karlin
Green
USD 457
Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
Twotrees Technologies
Wichita
Roy Cessna
Kristopher Sisk
Cessna
Sisk
Sunflower outlines open house on new Holcomb plant
Sunflower hosts open house to discuss an 895 megawatt coal plant beside the 360 megawatt Holcomb station. Robin Pena, Holcomb city administrator, says while the city gains from expansion, the school district could benefit from more students and tax revenue during a state education budget crisis. KDHE reviews Sunflower materials with public hearings planned after a three to six month process, following a past halt on two 700 megawatt units and a 895 megawatt single unit compromise reached in 2009.
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Robin Pena
Holcomb
Sunflower
Pena
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Cindy Hertel
Sunflower Communications
Hertel
Rod Bremby
Mark Parkinson
Holcomb Station
Somalis settle in Dodge City at Cargill plant
In Dodge City, about 200 Somalis join 2,600 employees at Cargill with flags of 24 nations in the entryway. Many hold refugee papers or work visas and start at 12.90 an hour on killing or harvesting floors. Muslim workers can pray at work five times daily, three times on site, as they pursue dreams of careers and stability in western Kansas.
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Bare
Mogadishu
Minneapolis
Minn
Dodge City
Wyatt Earp
Kansas
Cargill
Jay Harrison
Sudan
Burma
Cuba
Somalia
Harrison
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