Rural graduates urged to return home start local businesses
Ogallala Commons hosted a conference in which about 90 students and 30 adults heard four rural entrepreneurs share paths to success. Birkenfeld urged graduates to consider starting businesses or shadowing current owners, stressing talent can thrive locally and urging return to Greeley County.
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Darryl Birkenfeld
Ogallala Commons
Birkenfeld
Val Reiss
Western Kansas Seed and Supply
Weskan
Chrysanne Grund
Greeley County Health Services
Tori Mathus
Studio Mathus
Syracuse
Shari Woelk
Barrell Springs Hunt Club
Tribune
Christy Hopkins
Greeley County
Hopkins
Audrey Rupp
Jennifer Fuller
Greeley County High School
Rupp
Colorado State University
Fuller
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Aid volunteers mobilize for disaster relief effort
Four linemen and two trucks from Aid: Area residents head to the coast to assist Red Cross relief operations. Volunteers like Carolyn Henry prepare for two weeks in Louisiana or longer, while the organization tracks evolving storms including Hanna and potential Kansas support.
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Phillip Shelley
Shelley
Carolyn Henry
Garden City
East
Gulf Coast
Red Cross
Henry
Red Cross Relief
Kansas
Louisiana
Kathleen Sebelius
Hanna
Kansas Adjutant General's Office
Garden City gig lands Styx opening for local bands
Mooradian and fellow members of Ask Vinnie win Battle of the Bands in Mosaic Run fundraiser and earn April opening for Styx. The Smokin No No’s place runner up and will play at a VIP party before the 7 p.m. concert. The Dodge City police corporal leads a versatile set spanning classic rock to blues.
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Mooradian
Styx
Mosaic
Vinnie
Dodge City
Satanta
Garden City
Clarion Inn
Kent Wagner
Wagner
McCain vows bipartisan banishment of rancor at convention
Convention coverage notes John McCain aims to govern as a political maverick with a bipartisan bent while urging unity. He recalls five and a half years as a North Vietnamese prisoner and says he fell in love with the country during captivity. Obama plans events in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as Palin appeals to conservatives.
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Wisconsin
Obama
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
McCain
Cal Maverick
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Catholic Health Initiatives
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