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The Colorado County Clerks Association (CCCA) is offering its annual scholarship program to support outstanding high school seniors in Colorado who are pursuing higher education, particularly those with an interest in public service. The scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, community involvement, and financial need. For the 2025 academic year, CCCA will distribute scholarships…
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Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2025—On her first full day in office, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins took decisive steps to advance President Trump’s agenda, working to enhance the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) support for American farmers, ranchers, loggers, and the broader agricultural community. Here are seven key actions Secretary Rollins took on Day…
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WASHINGTON D.C.– Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) applauded recent resolutions passed from local governments in Southeast Colorado opposing the current plan for the Southwestern Grid Connector Corridor that will run through the region as part of the Biden Administration’s National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) plan. The resolutions from Prowers County, Baca County, Crowley County, Bent County, and…
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The Springfield Herald had a regular series in either 1918 or 1919 called “Persons, Stories, and Incidents of Old Boston and the Old Days.” I am a bit confuse on the year because several of the issues have the year 1918 marked out in pencil with 1919 written in. This occurs in several issues but…
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“No machine has yet been invented to successfully replace the hand labor. The men, using broomcorn knives with sharp five-inch knives, move down rows in a field, bending the heads or brush with one hand and cutting the stalk about six inches below the bottom part of the brush with the other hand. “ -Pueblo…
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Rise and Fall of the US Broom Industry is an overview of the broom & broomcorn industries in the U.S. The foundation for this post was provided to me by Sam Moyer Ph.D. He gleaned much of this from BROOM, BRUSH & MOP, (especially Tim Monahan’s 1986 review) Sam Moyer, Ph.D. My updates specifically focus…
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In the talks I have given about broomcorn I have always mentioned that Benjamin Franklin is often credited with bringing broomcorn to America in the 1700s. This concept is usually presented as fact, but it turns out that whether this is true or not is actually up for debate. I introduced you to some of…