115-kv transmission line in Ellis Co. is piece of Elk Creek Pipeline
Midwest Energy plans new 115-kv line in Hays; town hall Thursday
Hays Daily News
A 115-kilovolt electric power transmission line going up southeast of Hays is a piece of the new 900-mile Elk Creek Pipeline delivering natural gas liquids from eastern Montana to facilities in Bushton.
Construction of the transmission line should be wrapped up mid-March, according to Brent Luedke, Lyons, foreman for Par Electrical Contractors, Kansas City, Mo., whose crew is building the line.
When completed, the 16-mile transmission line will deliver electricity from Midwest Energy Inc.’s South Hays Substation at 260th and Mt. Pleasant roads to a new substation north of Pfeifer owned by Tulsa Okla.-based OneOK Inc., and part of its major U.S. gas systems network. The substation, north of Pfeifer off Norfolk Road, is currently powered by gas.
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Bruce Willis Buehler 1926 – 2020 Bruce Willis Buehler 1926 – 2020
The Buehler family sadly announces the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, Bruce Willis Buehler.
Bruce’s family has a long history in Kansas; his paternal grandparents Johan Karl & Regina Deininger Buehler immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1877. Johan was a stone mason and also had a small farm near Frederick. Bruce’s father, Benjamin Buehler was born in 1887 in Dorrance, KS and attended Enterprise School (German American Academy) in Enterprise, KS.
His mother was Helen Nelson Skiles who was born in Pittsburg PA in 1891. Her parents, William Cutten and Olive Wilson Skiles, moved to KS for health reasons and homesteaded near Frederick, so Helen grew up on a small farm and later attended Mt. Allison College in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.