Utilities back plan to build Holcomb coal plants
Colorado Kansas and Texas utilities push support for two coal fired plants near Holcomb as House leaders plan to override Governor Sebelius veto. New bill would let Kansas City Public Utilities buy up to 200 megawatts with coal plant partners including Sunflower Electric. Senate backed override of veto 27 to 6 and 32 to 7.
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Kansas
Holcomb
Kathleen Sebelius
House
Senate
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
Hays
Sunflower Electric
Kansas City
EPA
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
Earl Watkins
Sebelius
Sunflower
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association of Colorado
Making the Transition in ESL Class Scrapbooks
Immigrant students in Garden City Community College's ESL program shared feelings of isolation and adaptation as they created grammar scrapbook projects. Viviana Majalca, from Chihuahua, described starting over in the United States, while instructor Jeanie Ferguson noted the scrapbooks reveal cultural adjustment and balancing education with work and family. The daytime Intermediate Grammar class showcased the projects at a reception, with an evening session planned for Monday.
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Garden City Community College
United States
Viviana Majalca
Deerfield
Chihuahua
Mexico
GCCC
ESL
Jeanie Ferguson
Fidel Serrano
Phuong Hoa Nguyen
Yen Ngo
Nguyen
Beth Tedrow
Vietnam
Adelina Gomez
Gomez
Immigrant class drills right to vote in naturalization drive
In Wichita a Sunflower Community Action class teaches immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, and Guatemala that the essential right of citizenship is the vote. The program aims to naturalize about 9.4 million legal immigrants and reach 1.9 million U.S. born children ages 18 to 24 who have not registered. Over eight weeks the class practices the naturalization test, refining English and interview skills with volunteers.
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Wichita
Sunflower Community Action
United States
Emira Palacios
Mexico
Columbia
Guatemala
U.S
Palacios
Biomass plant near Healy to start in June
Prairie Fire BioEnergy plans a renewable biomass plant 1 1/2 miles west of Healy on Kansas Highway 4. The modular complex includes a processing and a pellet plant with five buildings, targeting mid June construction and September production. Project cost around $3.9 million with 86 producer members supplying feedstock.
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Healy
Prairie Fire BioEnergy
Kansas Highway 4
Brad Applegarth
Applegarth
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