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Alsoin attendance were U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, who represents the FourthCongressional District, which includes Findlay,as well as U.S.Senators George V. Voinovich and Sherrod C. Brown and a representative of OhioGov. Ted Strickland. Mayor Iriti wasjoined by a delegation of business and community leaders from Findlay.
Congresswoman Kaptur secured nearly $7 million from the Department ofDefense to construct the new facility which is home to the 180th FWLogistics Readiness Squadron and replaced a nearly 50 year oldstructure.
$2 Million for New Facility at Dorr / Westwood in Science and Technology Corridor
MarcyKaptur announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce's EconomicDevelopment Administration (EDA) will award the University of Toledoand its Science and Technology Corridor, $2 million for theconstruction of UT's second high-tech business and jobs incubator.
Rep. Marcy Kapturtoday declared "a major victory" following the 362-63 bipartisanvictory in the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday night toprohibit the use of federal funds to advance the NAFTA Super Highway aspart of the 2008 Transportation Appropriations Bill.
A component of the Vision for Space Exploration, Orion's development istaking place in parallel with missions to complete the International SpaceStation using the space shuttle before the shuttle is retired in 2010.
"Our nation has made great strides since the first Earth Day in 1970,"said Congresswoman Kaptur. "From the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act tocreation of the Environmental Protection Agency, our response to pollution hasbecome more robust. We have begun the cleanup of Lake Erie and the Great Lakes, which has spurred greater tourism and moreeconomic opportunities.
"Now we have to address the unquenchable thirst for energy. It is time for aconcerted effort to make the transition to cleaner energy alternatives and aturn away from the technologies of yesterday."
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Trucking Safety Act wouldprohibit trucks based in Mexicofrom entering the U.S. fromentering the United Statesbeyond commercial zones until the U.S. Department of Transportation promulgatesrules for compliance by Mexican drivers and carriers with federal safetyregulations.
Congresswoman Kaptur, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, saidPlum Brook will be the site for integrated vertical tests of NASA'sfully-assembled new spacecraft, Orion, whose mission will be to explore Earth'sMoon and the planet Mars.
The contract will be carried out by the Glenn ResearchCenter, which last yearwas awarded the design of the service module component of the crew explorationvehicle (CEV), the next generation space vehicle. Testing and work on theproject will be done at the agency's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky.
Other winners include:
Runners up: Sonya Shiffler (Waite High School) and Blythe Worstell (Whitmer High School)