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Coming Sunday and Monday
Coming Sunday and Monday:
With the eyes of the world glued to the Copenhagen climate conference for a plan to reduce world-wide carbon emissions, regional farmers and a Wurtland start-up company are looking to provide biofuel products to lower greenhouse gases pouring out of coal-fired electric plants.
Sunday: Through a demonstration project operated by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, switchgrass planted on three local farms has been cut for the second year to be burned as a supplement with coal at a power plant in Maysville. The plant grows thick and deep into the ground, making it a carbon positive process as it grows and even as it burns.
Monday: After a public debut in April, Midwestern Biofuels plans to start processing wood pellets on contract for power plants in January, a year ahead of potential competitors and expectations of the industry. Using proprietary technology developed and built in-house, the company plans to employ over 230 people turning switchgrass, miscanthus, and wood waste into biofuel pellets for coal-fired plants.
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Hard work pays off
Listen up, if you’re a 4-H kid or an FFA member and want to raise a championship fair animal.
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Tradition in art
The 51st annual Art in the Park exhibit and show is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 in Central Park.
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Riverfront rules to get second look
Officials are changing the rulebook for using Veteran’s Riverfront Park after a Christian music festival left some facilities worse for wear.
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Two from area part of Leadership Kentucky
Even after being accepted as one of only 56 members of the 2010 class of Leadership Kentucky, Faith Frazier said she was not certain she had made the right decision in agreeing to be part of the program that would involve 14 days of sessions over seven months and take her to every corner of the state.
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One man’s dedication helps keep festival alive
The Booker T. Washington Festival has never grown much beyond a devoted core group of people who gather yearly in the field beside Dawson Pool.
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LaborFest a ‘good old hometown America activity’
Organizers say Ashland’s LaborFest ’10 will be a celebration of working people in the city.
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Dave Carter’s film to be shown at baseball HOF
A little piece of Ashland is going to be in Cooperstown the first weekend in October.
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Horsin’ around
Anne Burchett took a friend to school Friday.
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Folk, blues sounds fill First Friday
Michael Garvin happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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Fairview on the defensive
Even as Fairview created more and more separation on the scoreboard, the Eagles’ defensive intensity never relented on the field.
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