List of coalition deaths Aug 2, 2008
Army Sgt. Kyle Dayton, 22, El Dorado Hills, Calif. non-combat incident. (Anchorage Daily News)
Spangles announces 24th restaurant Jul 30, 2008
Spangles currently has 15 restaurants in Wichita, two in Hutchinson, three in Topeka, and one each in El Dorado, Salina and Lawrence. Reader Comments. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Barton Solvents to build new storage facility in El Dorado Jul 21, 2008
will build its new site in El Dorado, the company's president told the this week ... Many of the details are still forthcoming, but Barton President Dave Casten confirmed El Dorado is the company's location of choice ... "El Dorado offered the best choice in terms of land, space and availability to rail and highway transportation," Casten said, in an e-mail response to the Wichita Business Journal. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
In a switch, governors now await running-mate call Jul 14, 2008
Kaine did allow that he and Obama formed an early bond upon realizing that both their mothers were from El Dorado, Kan. a town of less than 13,000 people 30 miles east of Wichita. (Munster Times, IN)
Newton debates YMCA expansion Jul 7, 2008
The El Dorado YMCA was funded though a capital campaign ... The El Dorado Health Club was in that situation when it went out of business prior to the YMCA opening in 2002. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Obama veepstakes: The other woman Jul 7, 2008
Barack Obama after a rally at Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kan. Jan. 29, 2008. (Salon)
Southcentral Kansas businesses honored by state Jun 17, 2008
Business Excellence Award winner, and Governor's Award of Excellence Finalist; El Dorado Frontier Refinery, El Dorado ... Business Excellence Award winner: Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado ... Merit Award winners: Ark City Country Mart, Arkansas City; Augusta Ace Home Center, Augusta; of Haysville, Haysville; Family Market/Batson Drug, Howard; Family Video, Haysville; Lindsborg State Bank, Lindsborg; Parks Inc., Augusta; Sears, McPherson; Specs Eyewear, El Dorado; Sticks & Twigs,... (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Wichita-area school bond work flourishing Jun 12, 2008
He is pictured with Devin Carter, construction superintendent for Simpson s El Dorado High School project ... And calls its $20 million El Dorado High School job an anchor in its portfolio. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
School bond work: Some contractors love it, some don't Jun 9, 2008
He is pictured with Devin Carter, construction superintendent for Simpson s El Dorado High School project. Related News. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
A progressive metal band ' 'And That's OK' Jun 6, 2008
Growing up in El Dorado Springs, Mo. guitarist and lead vocalist Evan Deubner spent his teenage years as a singer for a local band Prop 13. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
"They keep the door open for all the players. Jun 6, 2008
Date: Jun 5, 2008 Antonio Felder, linebacker from El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, remains rehabbing from an injury received last September. He talked about his arrival in Manhattan. (KStateFans.com)
State hears lower casino revenue projections Jun 5, 2008
Jacqueline Vietti (appointed by Sebelius): Vietti, of El Dorado, is the president of Butler County Community College. She has served in administrative capacities at Crowder College and Labette Community College. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Obama Advantage Grew From Long-Term Plan May 31, 2008
(2:11)It remains unclear whether anxious parents from the polygamist sect compound in El Dorado will re-obtain custody of their children. Hari Sreenivasan reports from Texas. (CBS News)
PASCO REPORT May 30, 2008
842 GPA, second to El Dorado, Kansas Butler Community College, which earned a 4. 0. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
BluePoint Energy to hopes to benefit from Hawaii PUC ruling May 20, 2008
BluePoint Energy is the name under which El Dorado Hills-based (OTC Bulletin Board: CPEU) does business. The company makes combined heat-and-power systems that can be remotely monitored and controlled via an Internet connection. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Andover YMCA starting to take shape May 13, 2008
The YMCA currently has six Wichita locations and one in El Dorado. The Andover YMCA is scheduled to be open next March. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Mailbag: Will Crosby finally shine? Apr 22, 2008
--Matt G., El Dorado, Kans. That depends on what you want to see, but I'd focus on June if I were you. (MLB.com -- Oakland Athletics)
Get ready to go to K.C. Apr 20, 2008
And we are certainly the smallest behind El Dorado with a current population of 20,351 and Little Rock at the top ... They're one of two suitors interested in replacing Mesa Airlines which is leaving Harrison and the other three cities they serve in Arkansas (Jonesboro, Hot Springs and El Dorado), thus foregoing their federal subsidy as part of the Essential Air Service act ... That was in 1967 on a Central Airlines flight from El Dorado via Little Rock. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Pressman uses hands, experience to keep the presses rolling Apr 19, 2008
Thursday, Newsome began his work as a pressman at 5 a.m. Upon arriving at The McPherson Sentinel, the first thing he does is run out pages on a computer for the papers of Kingman, Barber, Cunningham, Wellington, El Dorado, Augusta, Derby, Pratt and McPherson. From there, Newsome helps run the press by setting plates. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
MHS JV thinclads capture crowns Apr 19, 2008
McPherson 151, Maize 93 2/3, Newton 83, Kapaun 69 1/3, El Dorado 62, Hays 54, Goddard 53 1/3, Buhler 14, Salina South 14, Valley Center 11 ... McPherson 105, Kapaun 99, Newton 89, Goddard 84, Salina South 84, Buhler 47, Maize 31, El Dorado 30, Hays 9, Valley Center 8. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Airport Board to select airline Apr 13, 2008
Mesa served the four EAS airports in Arkansas - Harrison, Jonesboro, Hot Springs and El Dorado ... Island Air bid seven of nine airports, passing on El Dorado and Jonesboro, but bidding on Joplin, Columbia and Grand Island. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Pinochle politics Apr 11, 2008
" One purpose of the ad is to point out that although the Clinton family may be raking in beaucoup bucks now, Hillary's roots were humble. Her Pennsylvanian grandfather worked in a lace factory. The Rodham vacation house had no heat or indoor shower, and according to Carl Bernstein's biography, as Hillary grew up she began to lose enthusiasm for those long summers on Lake Winola. Nevertheless, her ties to that state are certainly stronger than they were in New York when she first announced for... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
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pleaded guilty Friday to a federal firearms charge and admitted she gave guns to two inmates to help them escape from the El Dorado Correctional Facility ... She drove near the firing range and parked by a gate across an access road to the grounds of El Dorado Correctional Facility. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
MHS boys win at Marion Apr 7, 2008
El Dorado took first with 117, Smoky Valley had 91 and Marion had 75 to finish ahead of the Bullpups. Lacey Carlson took second place in the javelin, while Anna Eigruber was second in the 100 hurdles. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Former corrections officer pleads guilty to a federal gun charge Apr 7, 2008
WICHITA -- Former corrections officer Amber Lynn Goff, 24, Augusta, pleaded guilty Friday to a federal firearms charge and admitted she gave guns to two inmates to help them escape from El Dorado Correctional Facility ... She drove near the firing range and parked by a gate across an access road to the grounds of El Dorado Correctional Facility. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Lovestruck guard helped inmates escape Apr 6, 2008
Goff was indicted in November in the escape the previous month of Jesse Bell, 34, and Steven Ford, 27, from maximum-security exercise pens at El Dorado Correctional Facility ... "I approached the outermost wire perimeter fence on foot and used bolt cutters to cut through this fence in order to assist Ford and Bell in their escape from the El Dorado Correctional facility," Goff wrote. (CNN)
Last flight out for Mesa Apr 5, 2008
Sadly, Mesa made its intentions known recently to terminate its contract with Arkansas, including airports in Jonesboro, Hot Springs, El Dorado and Harrison as soon as a replacement airline is in place, leaving all four cities looking elsewhere for scheduled airline service ... I took my first commercial flight on one of their DC3s from El Dorado to Adams Field in Little Rock and eventually on the Kansas City. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Abilene on All-Kansas Air Tour Apr 4, 2008
The group's El Dorado visit includes a 5-10 p.m. brisket and cowboy poetry at the city's Civic Center. Scheduled events for Tuesday, April 8 will include the presentation of patches and shirts at Wichita. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Bronco Baseball Hosts Pilots In WCC Home Opener Apr 4, 2008
An El Dorado Hills native, Simon earned a win against then-No. 11 Cal and posted two saves against then-No. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Biosolid storage approved Apr 3, 2008
Estell Johnson, P. E., professional engineering consultant, P. A., brought a container filled with a sample of the biosolids (dirt) from a facility in El Dorado. She also had large-scale presentation photos of similar storage facilities in Wichita. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Bullpup golfers 2nd in 2008 opener Apr 2, 2008
EL DORADO McPherson High's golf team had three of the top seven medalists Monday in the El Dorado Invitational to key a second-place finish ... Derby's Eric Mode (75) and El Dorado's Tyler Briscoe (77) were the only golfers to break 80. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Campaign for Betts Apr 2, 2008
The events will be held in Wellington, Winfield, and El Dorado. Dan Glickman, former congressman and current chairman/CEO of The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., will be campaigning for Betts at two events in Wellington on Thursday, April 10. (Wellington Daily News, KS)
Nurse major being deployed to Iraq Apr 1, 2008
I was born and raised in El Dorado, Kan. but I married a wonderful lady from Florida and we moved to Florida the first time in 1989. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Hansbrough, Beasley Named All-Americans Apr 1, 2008
Placer shuts out El Dorado, and Elk Grove stays unbeaten against Galt. Links We Like. (KCRA 3, CA)
Officers apprehend armed travelers Apr 1, 2008
Steven A. Ford, 26, of El Dorado, Kansas, fired four shots at the two officers while they were detaining his partner, Jesse L. Bell, 33, also of El Dorado. Bell had also fled from the officers and was stopped by a fence. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Airline bids reported Mar 29, 2008
McCutcheon said the four Arkansas airports guaranteed Essential Air Service - Harrison, Hot Springs, Jonesboro and El Dorado - have historically worked together and agreed on one airline. But she noted that none of the airlines have bid on El Dorado, while only Harrison has received bids from all three airlines. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
NFL Considering Ban On Long Hair Mar 27, 2008
Placer shuts out El Dorado, and Elk Grove stays unbeaten against Galt. It's prom season at high schools around Sacramento. (KCRA 3, CA)
A tale of two cities - and one publisher; Tribune publisher Keith Lippoldt will split his time between Pratt and El Dorado Mar 26, 2008
Pratt Tribune Publisher Keith Lippoldt has been promoted to publisher of The El Dorado Times, a sister publication of the Tribune and one of several Kansas newspapers in the nationwide GateHouse Media Inc. chain ... "We brought him into El Dorado knowing he can do a similar job there. He's going to be a good fit."There are a lot of people there who already know him ... "While the Times isn't widely available in Pratt, readers can visit to get a feel for the town of 12,500 residents. It's located... (Pratt Tribune, KS)
Clark gets almost three years Mar 26, 2008
He will be held in the Pratt County Jail until the El Dorado Correctional Facility has space available, according to Goering. The attorney did not know if his client would exercise his right to appeal the sentence. (Pratt Tribune, KS)
Sacramento pioneers AT&T's VoIP service Mar 18, 2008
The service has since been expanded to more than 160,000 households in the region, and is also available to parts of Loomis, El Dorado Hills, Fairfield, Vacaville, Mountain House, Tracy and Ceres, the company said. AT&T's digital video and voice services run over the company's fiber-optic network, which links to homes or to neighborhood "nodes" installed an average of 3,000 feet from homes. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Clinton, Obama will visit Mar 15, 2008
I heard that Obama was coming to El Dorado Kansas and decided that I would make the drive to see him, thinking that the event wouldn't draw many. I was amazingly surprised to see the huge line of people winding far outside the entrance of where he was to speak hours before he was to begin. (Casper Star-Tribune)
Regional Semifinal Roundup Mar 8, 2008
The Troubadours beat Wilcox, 47-37, in their regional semifinals victory while Mitty dispatched of El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge by a 52-40 margin in its semifinal triumph. No Compton Equals No Competition. (Kansas Sports -- Rivals.com)
Mr. Football signs with Kansas juco Mar 7, 2008
South Panola running back Darius "Tig" Barksdale has signed to play at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan. according to Butler coach Troy Morrell. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Wild Frontier Mar 6, 2008
In 1999 Frontier bought the El Dorado refinery in northwest Kansas from a Shell/Texaco joint venture. The $170 million deal stretched Frontier, which then had assets of $62 million against $70 million in debt, but it gave the company strength in the western market. (Forbes -- Business)
Tech worker admits stealing trade secrets for foreign sale Mar 2, 2008
An El Dorado Hills technology worker accused of stealing trade secrets with military applications and offering them to foreign buyers for six figures in cash entered a guilty plea in Sacramento Friday, prosecutors said ... Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Pings said Cotten worked for in El Dorado Hills, and admitted that beginning in February 2004 he began to steal plans, designs, parts and specifications for components known as logarithmic video amplifiers. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
South Coffey wins nail-biter over Hope girls Mar 2, 2008
EL DORADO -- In a nail-biter South Coffey ended Hope's season with a 48-46 in a Class 1A girls' substate semifinal contest Friday at El Dorado. "This was a game of small runs and they had the last one," said Hope coach Steve Riedy. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Obituaries for February 27, 2008 Feb 27, 2008
She is survived by her husband, Jim of Rockport; three sons, Jay (Shay) McBurney of Dripping Springs, Mike (Charlotte) McBurney and Dan McBurney, both of Rockport; two daughters, Julie McBurney of Orlando, FL and Elizabeth (Tom) Lyons of Ingleside; two sisters, Colleen Ryan of Brookfield, WI and Sheila Cannon of El Dorado Hills, CA; and six grandchildren. A Rosary will be recited at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with a memorial Mass to follow at 4 p.m. with... (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Joe Williams lauds officers for brave efforts Feb 15, 2008
A third person involved with the inmates was arrested later that morning and is back in Kansas being held at the Butler County jail in El Dorado. Amber Goff assisted Bell and Ford in their escape from the El Dorado Correctional Facility. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Hopefuls prep for 'Potomac primary' Feb 12, 2008
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, whose ties to Obama include Harvard Law School and grandparents from the same small Kansas town of El Dorado, said he gave Obama his support in December 2006 and told him, "You'll be the underdog from the day you get in until the day you win the nomination.". That mind-set has prevailed for all but a few days after Obama's "momentous" Iowa win, Kaine said in an interview, and is part of the reason for Obama's success. (USA Today)
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and El Dorado, Harrison, Hot Springs and Jonesboro, Ark. Comments. (Kirksville Daily Express, MO)
2008 Pac-10 Recruiting Classes Feb 8, 2008
Placentia, CA (El Dorado HS). Mike Ledgerwood. (Pac-10.org)
Obama captures Kansas Feb 6, 2008
Obama has ties to the traditionally Republican state: His mother was born at Fort Leavenworth during World War II, and Stanley Dunham, her father and Obama's grandfather, was a native of El Dorado. Obama opened his Kansas headquarters in Lawrence in October, five months before the caucuses, and he eventually devoted 20 staff members to the state, compared with three for Clinton, who didn't open a Kansas headquarters until January. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Cougs go unorthodox with 'No-Name Recruits' Feb 6, 2008
Helped El Dorado to two straight CIF-SS division titles. A two-time All-CIF, All-League honoree. (Cougfan.com)
Obama Is Racing Against the Clock Feb 3, 2008
On Tuesday, he touched down in his grandfather's home town, El Dorado, Kan. where many residents did not realize until recently - if at all - that Obama has Kansas roots. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Countdown to Super Tuesday Feb 3, 2008
There was a rally later in the week in the Kansas oil town of El Dorado. He was there to highlight the other branch of his family tree by visiting the home town of his white maternal grandfather. (Guardian Unlimited)
The Myth of Camelot Feb 1, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama looks on as Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (partially shown) endorses his campaign during a rally in El Dorado, Kansas, January 29, 2008. El Dorado was the birthplace of Obama's maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham. (Townhall.com)
Rush Anti-McCain Because McCain Won't 'Answer to' Him Feb 1, 2008
His grandfather was born and raised in the town of El Dorado, Kansas ... It's a cold winter afternoon on main street in El Dorado, Kansas ... cut to speech] Mr. Kerns went to high school with my grandfather, at El Dorado High. (MediaResearch.org)
Cal's Anderson keeps on truckin', sans flash Feb 1, 2008
(01-30) 19:52 PST -- Ryan Anderson is from El Dorado Hills, an affluent community east of Sacramento in which children are regularly handed keys to shiny, new cars on their 16th birthdays. When it came time for Anderson to obtain transportation, he gave his grandfather $1 for a self-described "old, beat-up truck.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wintry weather returns Feb 1, 2008
Winfield, Arkansas City and Udall school districts were also closed today, as were several Wichita and Wichita-area schools including Derby, Mulvane and El Dorado. Roadways were already snow-packed and slick by the time morning commuters started their drives, and emergency officials reported several persons sliding off the roadways. (Wellington Daily News, KS)
Sebelius endorses Obama Jan 31, 2008
EL DORADO Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke to an exuberant crowd at the Butler Community College Gymnasium Tuesday, outlining his vision for America's future ... Ashley Anderson, a McPherson High School senior and no relation to Sally or Molly Anderson, said she was interviewed by several media outlets including the Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita State Sunflower, The Hutchinson News and an El Dorado TV station. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Witness to political history Jan 31, 2008
I got a phone call from a friend on Sunday night telling me Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama was going to be coming to Butler County Community College in El Dorado on the following Tuesday. Responding in true politi-geek fashion, I immediately rounded up two friends who were willing to skip classes and take a road trip from Lawrence to El Dorado. (Wellington Daily News, KS)
Waters, a prominent black congresswoman, endorses Clinton run Jan 30, 2008
It was his first visit ever to El Dorado, where his maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham, grew up. Obama was raised by his mother and his grandparents in Hawaii; his father left the family when Obama was 2 and then returned to his native Kenya. (Boston Globe)
District art collection reappraisal will have to wait Jan 30, 2008
Nippert said the advisory board had contacted an art appraiser in El Dorado who had agreed to appraise the oil paintings in the district's collection for 3,000. The curator of the Sandzn Gallery in Lindsborg agreed to reappraise the Birger Sandzn paintings at no charge and the committee did not request reappraisal of the other pieces in the collection. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Obama seeks foothold in America's heartland Jan 30, 2008
Barack Obama receives the endorsement of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius in El Dorado, Kansas ... His maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham, attended El Dorado high school and married the candidate's grandmother, Madelyn Payne, a young woman from nearby Augusta, in the 1930s ... That political celebrity drew people from El Dorado and Wichita, many of whom formed a line as long as a city block and snaking through the community college campus in near blizzard conditions Tuesday morning. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hillary Clinton hails victory as Barack Jan 30, 2008
Today he was staging a rally in El Dorado, Kansas, the hometown of his white grandfather, where he was seeking to demonstrate not only his local roots but also a cross-party and inter-racial appeal. He picked up the endorsement of Kathleen Sebelius, the Governor of Kansas, a Democrat who has won two terms in a state which has voted for Republican presidents for the past 40 years. (Times Online)