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County Wins Big...Again!
Palo Alto County residents were the real winners Saturday night at Wild Rose when gaming grants were awarded to the Palo Alto County Ambulance Service to purchase a new ambulance. Pictured are Tom Lee, Cheryl Darling, and Lloyd Peterson. -- Lori Hall photo
March 9, 2010
Palo Alto County communities and organizations received another economic shot in the arm when the Palo Alto County Gaming Development Corporation (PACGDC) hosted the Fourth Annual Grant Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Mar. 6. A total of $1,694,746.35 was distributed among Palo Alto County non-profit organizations and each of the nine communities. The event was held at the Wild Rose Casino & Resort Ballroom.
PACGDC Board President Lloyd Peterson started the evening by noting that this year, more applications for grants were received than ever before.
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Lori Hall
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Don’t Forget
Thu, March 4, 2010 @ 9:29AM
This Saturday night, Palo Alto County Gaming Development Corporation will announce the recipients of grants and mini grants for 2010. This year, approximately 120 projects from across Palo Alto County will receive funding taken directly from Wild Rose Casino’s profit. Did you know our casino pays the highest nonprofit percentage in the state at six percent? During its first three years, Palo Alto County Gaming Development Corporation (PACGDC) has distributed over $4.1 million to community groups throughout our county. In 2007, when grants were first awarded, the county saw $960,000. The next year in 2008, $1,586,903 was bestowed, and last year in 2009, there was $1,663,302. In just two days, PACGDC will spread another $1,694,746 around Palo Alto County. I can’t think of anyone who has not been touched in some way by the gaming grants.
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Dan Voigt
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Ah-So Sorry!
Wed, March 18, 2009 @ 10:25AM
The current economic situation in the nation, albeit the globe, has certainly generated a lot of media coverage telling us of the unpleasantness. There haven’t been a lot of “feel good” stories of late about the tough times, instead, there seem to be more and more incidents of complete disregard for what is “right” and “just,” Perhaps the biggest example of this is the recent revelation that officials of AIG Insurance are awarding bonuses of $1 million to company executives, even in light of the fact that AIG has received $170 billion of federal money to keep the firm afloat. When I first heard the news stories on the radio, my first thought was unprintable. My rational side then responded, “How can that be?” There’s a lot of people around the country who are asking the same thing. How can that be? In their defense, AIG uses the excuse that the raises are “contractually required”.
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