Junked Pierceville Residents Push Clean Up Plan
Dennis and Debbie Davis describe Pierceville’s junk problem with abandoned cars refrigerators and trailers. A citizens committee formed to advise Finney County Commission on an efficient cleanup, meeting for the fifth time since its start after a crowded Finney Lee County gathering.
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Dennis
Debbie Davis
Pierceville
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dennis Davis
Davises
Finney County
Spruce Street
Mansfield Drive
Finney County Commission
KC firm takes over Healy grain elevator
The Healy Co-op in Kansas faced a tragic turn as poor harvests and dwindling equity led to a shutdown of its elevator. With the loss of its state warehouse license and an uncured insurance bond, Jon Francis noted environmental conditions and odds against saving the operation, prompting a new lease for this harvest and potential sales of other co-op interests.
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Healy Co-op
Jon Francis
Co-Op
Co-Op Board
Garden City USD 457 shows promising test results
Preliminary state assessment results indicate Garden City USD 457 students performed well overall, with district officials seeing potential to meet No Child Left Behind AYP again. Curriculum coordinator Ann Goodman, who plans to move out of state, predicts district wide proficiency above 51 percent and rising, though official school by school numbers await fall release.
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Garden City
Ann Goodman
Goodman
Buffalo Jones
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Reading
Garden City High School
Holcomb Middle School thrives on social skills first
Holcomb Middle School is praised for meeting No Child Left Behind benchmarks through a philosophy emphasizing social skills. Principal Dave Novack cites this approach as key to seventh graders reaching 66.1 percent proficiency in math, above the 53.5 percent goal for 2007.
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Holcomb Middle School
Dave Novack
Novack
Holcomb
Harvest Brigade tribute via restored Massey-Harris combine
Lenwood Hole travels across the Midwest sharing the WWII Harvest Brigade story begun in 1944 45 to help cut wheat. A 1949 Massey Harris combine restored by Hojo aids demonstrations from North Dakota to Oklahoma before rain halted plans. The tribute echoes D Day remembrances with a years long project launched in 2004.
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Lenwood Hole
Massey
Hoje
Massey-Harris
Hays
Hojo
Harvest Brigade
Hole
Holo
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lenwood Holo
Eau Claire
Wis
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Friends University
Gwen Tietgen
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Restored Combine
Jennifer Barten
Ibarten
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den City
Matthew He
Annie
Inspiring Minds
Mark Twain
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