PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In our first two articles in this series on potential grant application fraud, we discussed "inaccurate" fuel sales numbers and "inaccurate" statements on the size of tank used for Jet A fuel. This article discusses the term "based aircraft" and the numbers...
ECWd's - Sitting in my office this morning knowing today is a day of thanks I gave serious thought to what that really means in the grand scheme of things. Knowing the history of the founders of our land and the Fathers for our great Constitution it...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - With the upcoming election cycle, it's becoming evident that smear campaigns are ramping up and they are filled with lies and deception from people that won't submit a FOIA request, or know that if they did their lies wouldn't hold any water. To...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - "The Edgar County Airport can no longer keep up with Jet A fuel demands of its based aircraft. The based users regularly use all Jet A in the existing 1,000 gallon tank and are forced to purchase fuel elsewhere." That is the next...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - As reported in the North American Windpower Magazine: GE has begun investigating another blade break involving its 1.6-100 turbine and 48.7-meter blade, this time at Invenergy's California Ridge wind farm in Illinois. In addition, reports of other recent GE blade failures have surfaced,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - “The Edgar County Airport is receiving close to $1,000,000.00 for new construction!” That was the statement (or close to it) of the airport board and the airport manager earlier this year. It kind of made us wonder why the federal government would take...
SARAH LAURIE, MD. (ECWd) - Waubra Foundation - Sarah Laurie, MD - November 25, 2013 US Justice Muse has just ruled [1] that two 1.65 VESTAS Wind Turbines in Falmouth cause “irreparable physical and psychological harm” to the health of neighbours. He has ordered that the turbines...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Early in the morning on October 29, 2013, I was driving past the airport road and decided to see if there were still items stored in the "Ag" buildings without any rent being paid. You might remember these articles: 1, 2, 3. To...
DANVILLE, IL (ECWd) - Vermilion County Board November 12, 2013 Meeting Prior to the November meeting, the October meeting was reconvened for the purpose of approving the 2013/2014 budget and the Annual Tax levy. Without approval at this time, the county would be shut down. The budget was...
U.K. (ECWd) - According to ClickGreen - GreenWeek Magazine's November 22, 2013 Issue, UK wind farms were put on alert after a series of turbine blade failures in the United States - We reported on one of those failures occuring last week in the California Ridge...
