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Archive for October, 2005

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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
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Sherman unveiled its plans for a new hospital building at Big Timber and Randall Road this week. The design includes an “environmentally-friendly” geothermal HVAC system, which relies on a large lake. I hope that the final plan will call for a more naturalized lake than depicted in their illustration. In any case, […]

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Saturday, October 29th, 2005
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Construction continues at River Park Place.

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Thursday, October 27th, 2005
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Sadly, the Council has approved the $5M for the second phase of Festival Park (Courier article). From the story:
…The climbing net will offer children a web of ropes to clamber over and there will be structures that can be made to sound musical notes and other less-than-familiar attractions designed to give the park an […]

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
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Here’s some big news from the Daily Herald by way of Steve Munson:
Unilever in North America announced Tuesday that it will close its margarine manufacturing plant in Elgin.
The company anticipates the plant’s production capacity will end by the second quarter in 2006, resulting in the loss of 100 jobs.

The foundry and now finally the factory. […]