Bowersock seeks federal permit for new hydro plant build
Leaders of Bowersock Mills and Power Co plan a $13 million hydroelectric facility on the Kansas River north bank. They filed for a federal permit and will hold a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Aug 13 at the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence to discuss design and turbine plans.
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Bowersock Mills and Power Co
Kansas River
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Bowersock
Stephen Hill
Hill
Union Pacific
North Lawrence
Public mailboxes fading like pay phones in Otisfield
Otisfield residents guarded their lone blue mailbox with a snowplow and backhoe to stop Postal Service removal, a futile stand as the Postal Service trims boxes nationwide. The town of 1,700 lacks a post office and its own ZIP code, reflecting a broader shift to email and online services.
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Otissfield
Maine
Otisfield
Postal Service
Portland
Marianne Izzo- Mann
Sharon Matthews
KPERS faces long term fix as unfunded liability grows
KPERS, Kansas public employee pension system, disclosed an 8.3 billion dollar unfunded actuarial liability as of December 31 2008 up 2.7 billion from the prior year. Executive Director Glenn Deck warned that waiting for a market rebound is unwise and a plan with lawmakers and the governor is needed for the 2010 session.
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Torpera
Kansas
Public Employee Pension System
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Glenn Deck
KPERS
Deck
Kpers ‘Board of Trustees
Mark Parkinson
Doug Wolff
Pat Beckham
Milliman Inc
Record 13 astronauts gather aboard shuttle and station
The Endeavour docked with the International Space Station near Australia, linking 13 people from four nations in the largest orbiting crew. Seven Americans, two Russians, two Canadians, one Japanese and one Belgian joined twelve men and one woman for a historic visit, with five planned spacewalks to assemble a porch for Japan’s lab.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Space Station
Endeavour
International Space Station
Gennady Padalka
Mark Polansky
Japan
NASA
Space’station
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Center
Inside area air ambulances in dire emergencies
A Sunday feature takes readers inside the region's air ambulances. It follows crews as they respond to dire emergencies, detailing how rapid air transport saves lives and the operations behind the scenes.
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