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Caswell,chief financial offi-. one of the reasons the city is 1.5-2 percent of the'busi- Cities and Di— Ltoud has ing of Sof ac, a company special job and Mik
<br /> cer and co-owner of E&O is honoring the businesses ness' market value. made Elk River a prime that recently chose to locate Johnson was attenc
<br /> Tool and Plastics,a compa- during Minnesota Residential properties are location to attract a skilled
<br /> P on Business Center Drive. a Sherburne Count;
<br /> fly that employs more than Manufacturing Week. taxed 1 percent of their Job force and also puts man- Planning Commissi
<br /> 125 people in Elk River. "I don't know if the general value. ufacturers close to cus-
<br /> tomers and vendors. Week cont'd to page 4B meeting.
<br /> New facility turns landfill gas into electricity
<br /> 25 years
<br /> ago
<br /> Loeb
<br /> i Astrup �+ � " representing terica. he Lio
<br /> q 1' ° a � �, Club,was pictured
<br /> ate editor ,
<br /> fill
<br /> produced by decom- '� � '��� 1 ' � ""�` � x+�°L 6 °,,r�`i �^� r P
<br /> posing garbage is now gen- e , `� ° t ra> §#+a, �,."' senting a$200 there;
<br /> I++ 1 "` ^r Ri the kids of St.Andre
<br /> erating ' irk Y 4 a+ + a "'`' rid
<br /> electricity doseESS.' ` y ti,',—....,:00/0P. , ,# c ,. ,µtor ;`^ School to help the sc
<br /> + cer program provide
<br /> at the Elk A loser look �a
<br /> River :t " , 1, c + '. r ',.,',.-.,,,g,,,;,:-..,:',0,',,1 �,�',� instruction to 350 hl
<br /> 3 • 7 r ' ' dr en from three schc
<br /> Landfill. �- �^ air" � � x "^` *"� 1iW ;'-'44;,
<br /> The new •r `-'x•xq' u � "� `'t." " .1 r : in the area.
<br /> 1}a +•M !j.144, -1-,-,'„,
<br /> • - tx, , •Former Elk River
<br /> landfill 9 T �'^ � T-.+P!- � '"- d � '%"
<br /> I y' Cr -± i. - s H r man,Dr.Dan Ander
<br /> gas-to- tfs.• „ 1 , and his wife,Anitav
<br /> electric a►.;
<br /> -'•,,,,.-it d �:, s , • ' on their way home .
<br /> f a c i l i t y Landfill gas" ° a ,,. kt�'` t0r r ea European tour wh
<br /> began ,.;:'''',...,?-r,i,.' „ to 7" ,F�1* x ., Y--f P
<br /> operating last week.Fueled '":\ r r 1' i i their plane,a a tire,
<br /> by gas from the landfill, it i 747 et, blew a tire
<br /> raF usa " mea 1 0 ., ' take-off,giving the F
<br /> will produce enough elec-
<br /> tricity to power 1,600 homes ‘1,.,:',:;'43'.1:-.‘":''.15'''. no choice but to set 1
<br /> — or about 15 percent of ..-.,"-`v",`r J ' - r , plane back down on
<br /> st �" ground.All the pass,
<br /> Elk River's electrical needs. i , " c
<br /> The landfill gas —tom- ; gers were transferre
<br /> prised of 52 percent y,?. '' '`' i. :,,,,......:•_2„4:f another plane and `
<br /> methane,47 percent carbon 7.� believe it or not,alit
<br /> r
<br /> 6.
<br /> Ill 1 the exact same thin!
<br /> dioxide and 1 percent Dais- iLr
<br /> cellaneous — is naturally happened and they
<br /> produced as garbage decom- were not able to tak
<br /> poses. off
<br /> Elk River Mayor' � �
<br /> Stephanie Klinzing said the t a� 75 years ago
<br /> •Two local Elk Ri
<br /> project is a cooperative i men Were tossed of
<br /> effort involving Sherburne ' 4
<br /> ar the road in a rollin;
<br /> County, Elk River ` � ... ,.
<br /> Municipal Utilities,the city motion between
<br /> of Elk River and Waite Vance Zehringer of Elk River Municipal Utilities gave a house on Tuesday,Oct.22.(Photos by Joni Astrup) Dayton and Champ
<br /> Management, which owns tour of the landfill gas-to-electric facility during an open late Sunday night'c
<br /> the landfill. early Monday morn
<br /> •
<br /> Through that cooperative , "This plant should be o er- ,'44#1.01rThe accident was .
<br /> effort, we ended up with able foa good 30 years," #• ' ` f tl t � w r zr thought to be cause
<br /> this eat Project,"she said said Sherburne Count ' ."""; � '3 rt� §t r} 41 ` b hi h speeds and
<br /> P j Y �` '",„,,.,,;„...:,,,:$!°,1"'" * .�^�, ��;� � x� � ,Ma ix , z���� a � Y g P
<br /> di n open house at the Commissioner Rachel , '.1 a ,' j ,, i*I l„,'' y e,. loose gravel.The di
<br /> f on Tuesday,Oct.22. Leonard. "I'm really tickled er,Dean Clark,was
<br /> River Municipal about this partnership." d, seriously injured ar
<br /> Utilities owns the gas-to- During the open house, p senger,
<br /> the as Albe
<br /> electric facility while Waste plaques were presented to7 Schmidt,was killed
<br /> Management operates and the Sherburne County arz `� �� '. " 1 .With a new traffic
<br /> is Jt��3 do :c 5;1 • 4 I»as ..
<br /> maintains it. Board of Commissioners x =$ .. .+ f $�, „• ,,,, tis r .- s� k passed by the last le
<br /> Fundingfor the project and to the cityof Elk River, ` *'4 �` , P� lature,"official lamp
<br /> s - 't :k a r a r p ! a ,err k r testing stations"wer
<br /> came from Sherburne which has put about$50,000 ,t „et. 4..7!...,,,'„ta. ,; i ,
<br /> County into the project. ` ' r � ! "" >r f r ' be set up in cities an
<br /> The county loaned Elk Another plaque listing „1 , t , z , villages oations sot:
<br /> River Municipal Utilities those involved in the project �,•-„� - rr rc, • i4� ,, All the stations were
<br /> $2.86 million over 20'years will be hung at the plant. . ` tea .�r be equipped to:test,
<br /> at no interest. The money Among the dignitaries - .t.,....,,,,,,,......,..,..„..
<br /> ,, -•,� adjust,,focus,clean a
<br /> came from a tax Sherburne attending the open house Oir"" , 1 repair automobile
<br /> ems lam•s
<br /> County collects on garbage P
<br /> dumped in the landfill. Landfill gas to page 4B The new landfill gas-to-electric plant at the Elk River Landfill.
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