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Anger over lack of creche provision in Naas
Company says it intends to provide facility at Castle Farm
Vincent Halpenny, chair of the Castle Farm residents group in Naas
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Residents of a recently built Naas housing estate have been left without a proper creche despite a shortage of childcare places in the town.
The houses at Castle Farm, Jigginstown, were provided by Dublin-based development company Ardstone, which is a significant player in residential construction in County Kildare.
Resident Barry MacNeill said residents feel let down because the creche has not been built.
The first families began moving in almost three years ago.
By Mark Evenstad
Apr 20, 2021 3:51 PM
Platteville Fire and Southwest Health EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash on College Farm Road in Elk Grove Township Monday shortly before 3pm. According to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department, 20 year old Brittany Donekse of Westmont, Illinois was traveling east on College Farm Road while 56 year old William Reynolds of Platteville was stopped at the stop sign at Ipswitch Road and College Farm Road. Reynolds pulled out of the intersection, striking Doneske. Both vehicles had severe damage and were towed from the scene. Reynolds denied EMS attention and Doneske was taken by private vehicle for minor injuries. Reynolds was cited for Failure to Yield the Right of Way.
Pratt Tribune
Ciara Hodgkinson of Pratt, Kansas, a December graduate in agribusiness, along with Summer Smades of Leoti, Kansas, a senior in agricultural economics, has been awarded the David and Susan Barton Cooperative Leadership Scholarship through the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University.
Hodgkinson was an active student after transferring from Pratt Community College to Kansas State University. She served as president of Alpha Zeta and served as secretary and vice president of Collegiate Farm Bureau. She has been involved in many other organizations including K-State Agricultural Economics-Agribusiness Club, Gamma Sigma Delta, Block and Bridle and Phi Theta Kappa. In addition, Ciara finds time to volunteer on service projects. She has completed internships with Skyland Grain, Kansas Farm Bureau and also worked with CoBank on an extended internship. Ciara graduated in December 2020 and will start a career with