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| Ben Doon Co-Manager/Administrator Dan Quintana Co-Manger/Chemist Phone: (719) 672-0320 Fax: (719) 672-3962 Email: doon@amigo.net Address: P.O. Box 100 County Road H San Luis, CO 81152 Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday |
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| The Costilla County Commissioners’ Office in a private/public partnership with the Costilla County Economic Development Council (EDC), has built a small-scale, vertically integrated, biodiesel production facility in Mesita, Colorado. The project was first conceptualized in 2001 by Costilla County District #3 Commissioner Joseph Gallegos. Ground breaking and construction began in 2004. The facility purchases locally grown oilseed crops (canola and sunflower) and processes the crops for clean burning, renewable biodiesel fuel. The by-product of oilseed crushing is a seed cake comprised of the remaining material once the oil has been extracted, which is used as a high protein livestock feed. |
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| BIOGRAPHY: Ben Doon, Project Co-Manager/Administrator Ben Doon has ten years experience working for non-profit organizations as a project planner, field worker, research director and organization director. He received a BA in English from Geneseo State College, New York in 1993 and an M.A. from the English Department at Colorado University – Boulder in 1998. In August 2003, Ben completed a three-day course at Iowa State University entitled Business Management for Biodiesel Producers. Ben has also worked for the Costilla County Commissioners’ Office since 2002 managing grants and performing administrative tasks. Dan Quintana, Project Co-Manager/Chemist Dan Quintana was born and raised in San Luis. He has twenty-two years experience as a chemist, chemical engineer, process engineer and engineering manager in the private sector working for companies such as IBM and StorageTek. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. In March 2004, Dan completed a five-day course at Iowa State University on Biodiesel Technology and Analytical Methods. |
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| Martin Luther King Day | Monday | January 18, 2010 |
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| President's Day | Monday | February 15, 2010 |
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| Memorial Day | Monday | May 31, 2010 |
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| Independence Day | Friday | July 2, 2010 |
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| Day before Santa Ana | Friday | July 24, 2009 |
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| Labor Day | Monday | September 6, 2010 |
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| Columbus Day | Monday | October 11, 2010 |
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| Veteran's Day | Thursday | November 11, 2010 |
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| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | November 25, 2010 |
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| Day after Thanksgiving | Friday | November 26, 2010 |
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| Christmas Eve | Friday | December 24, 2010 |
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| New Year's Eve | Friday | December 31, 2010 |
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Updated: May 1, 2007
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By WSB Computer Services, Inc.
Costilla County Webmaster
Copyright © 2007, Planning & Zoning
Hosted by Centurytel