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  Encyclopedia: Idaho Panhandle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Idaho Panhandle is the northern region of the
A panhandle is a geographic term for a long and usually thin projection of a U.S. state.
Panhandle region is the only region of Idaho in The Pacific Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Idaho-Panhandle   (4515 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: PANHANDLE, TX
Panhandle, the county seat of Carson County, is on U.S. Highway 60 in the south central part of the county.
Its population increased from 1,958 in 1960 to 2,226 in 1980.
Panhandle also had six churches, a modern school system, and a children's home and a home for the aged, both run by the Catholic Church.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/hjp3.html   (736 words)

  
 Florida Panhandle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Florida Panhandle is the region of the state of Florida which includes the westernmost 16 counties in the state.
It is a narrow strip lying between Alabama and Georgia to the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
The Panhandle is known for the Redneck Riviera, the coast along the Gulf of Mexico, which hosts many college students during Spring break.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florida_Panhandle   (129 words)

  
 panhandle on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Panhandle pleasures: emerald waters and sugar bowl beaches await sun-seekers in northwest Florida.
The Texas panhandle's past is explored at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas.
Salem Abraham was born and raised in the Texas Panhandle town of Canadian and is now putting the small town on the map with his sophisticated futures trading operation.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/p1/panhandl.asp   (640 words)

  
 EASTERN PANHANDLE
The Eastern Panhandle is a region encompassing three counties (Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson) and is home to approximately six percent of the population of West Virginia.
In this sense, the Eastern Panhandle is more representative of the smaller counties in the state; lacking a large metropolitan area, the region is ethnically diverse but it has few large distinct communities in which traditions are readily maintained.
The African American community in the Eastern Panhandle is one of the oldest in the state.
www.wvculture.org /arts/ethnic/easternpan.html   (1403 words)

  
 Converted WP file /web/data/judiciary/opinions/092109   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Panhandle is the present owner of an open easement of undefined width across the Tishners' property as successor in interest to an express right-of-way grant from Noblesville Milling Company to Indiana Gas Transmission Corporation, dated October 8, 1935, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana.
Panhandle is also required to institute a plan to handle emergency situations, and to maintain the line according to government specifications.
Panhandle argues that the trial court's decision may also rely on the concepts of waiver and acquiescence in finding that some of Panhandle's easement rights were extinguished.
www.state.in.us /judiciary/opinions/archive/092109.jsk.html   (3686 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: PANHANDLE
Human presence in the Panhandle dates from the time of Paleo-Indian hunters of Pleistocene animals, whose presence is verified by their exquisitely knapped Folsom and Clovis projectile points found in situ with datable materials.
Panhandle Aspect culture appears to have crested from roughly A.D. to 1450, but was nowhere to be found when Indians
Because the escarpments of the Staked Plains partly dictated routes, the rails crossed in the central Panhandle at the point where Amarillo was fortuitously located and made the town the center of regional cultural, social, and commercial life.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/ryp1.html   (3921 words)

  
 panhandle contemporary
Because of the inconsistent nature of Panhandle weather from year to year farming was neither profitable nor attractive until the early 1900's when dry-farming techniques, modern irrigation and other technological advances and milder weather ensured reasonable chances for increased farm production.
The Panhandle has always been able to lessen the boom-bust cycle of the economy because of its diversity and its ability to adapt to changing economic circumstances.
The adaptability of the Panhandle economy was tested in the mid-1980's with an increasing shift in international economic behavior.
www.panhandlenation.com /panhandl5.htm   (1411 words)

  
 Panhandle History
The 25,610-square-mile Panhandle of Texas was shaped by the Compromise of 1850, which resolved the state's controverted territorial claims.
In sum, Panhandle physiography produced a primordial grassland that supported the southern buffalo herd and a buffalo-hunting Indian culture, invited a grazing economy introduced by Americans, and eventually gave rise to a farming economy that displaced much of the grassland.
Panhandle Aspect culture appears to have crested from roughly A.D. 1350 to 1450, but was nowhere to be found when Indians of the Panhandle were first observed by persons who left documentary evidence.
www.rootsweb.com /~txbrisco/phistory.html   (3990 words)

  
 Chancellor's Fact Sheet: PREC
The Panhandle Research and Extension Center budget is roughly 4.9 percent of the total IANR Fiscal Year 2002 state-aided, non-revolving budget.
Some producers and veterinarians in the Panhandle always have sent their cases/specimens to Lincoln rather than to the branch laboratory, bypassing the one-day delay of having the Panhandle lab send cases/specimens on to Lincoln for testing, and bypassing the repackaging/reshipment expense.
While the Panhandle lab will be closed, we will consider the possibility of renting the lab space to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for their staff to use in collecting the brain samples.
www.unl.edu /pr/chancllr/20020520budget/20020520precfacts.htm   (4440 words)

  
 WVAG: Press Releases: 2001 Sept. 10:Panhandle Pre-Owned Autos, Inc.
Panhandle also agreed to stop advertising or representing that its vehicles include warranties when, in fact, the product is actually a service contract through an outside company, C.A.R.S. Protection Plus, Inc. of Pennsylvania.
Attorney General McGraw's Consumer Protection Division opened a new investigation of Panhandle last year after receiving a complaint from Brenton and Barbara Barrett, a Morgan County couple, who alleged that Panhandle led them to believe the mileage on the vehicle they purchased was 34, 416 when, in fact, the mileage was at least 134,416.
The agreement with Panhandle also resolved another dispute that arose after Panhandle initially refused to produce records subpoenaed by the Attorney General's office in connection with the investigation.
www.wvs.state.wv.us /wvag/press/2001/sept/10.htm   (525 words)

  
 Panhandle Ungulate Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Distribution of white-tailed deer in the Texas Panhandle is mainly in the eastern counties with a few populations in the northern counties
Dallam, Sherman, Hansford and Ochiltree, Lipscomb counties lie within the historic range of the Rocky Mountain subspecies, whereas the remainder of Panhandle is considered historic range for the desert subspecies.
In Texas, pronghorn were historically distributed over the western two-thirds of the state, as far east as Robertson County in the north and Kenedy County in the south; however, today herds are restricted in their distribution to small fragmented populations extending from the Texas Panhandle to the Trans-Pecos region.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /landwater/land/wildlife_management/high_plains/ungulates/index.phtml?print=true   (735 words)

  
 Panhandle Engineering
Panhandle Engineering, Inc. was formed to meet the local civil and environmental engineering needs of the Bay County and Northwest Florida area.
Panhandle Engineering, Inc. is a Florida corporation headquartered in Panama City, Bay County, Florida.
Panhandle Engineering, Inc. is dedicated to providing the talent, technology, teamwork and creativity that is required to be responsive to your needs in today's ever changing business and regulatory environment.
www.panhandleengineering.com   (756 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District will strive to develop, promote, and implement water conservation, augmentation, and management strategies, to protect water resources for the benefit of the citizens, economy, and environment of the District.
Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District (PGCD) consists of Carson, Donley, Gray, Roberts, and Wheeler counties, along with parts of Armstrong, Hutchinson, Hemphill, and Potter counties.
Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District’s aerial extent is 6,309 square miles.
www.panhandlegroundwater.org   (308 words)

  
 Panhandle Assessment Center
Panhandle Assessment Center strives to teach children to be responsible for their behavior and become productive members of society.
Panhandle Assessment Center became the first Emergency Shelter of its kind to be licensed in Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle in March 1990.
Panhandle Assessment Center works cooperatively with CPS in order to assess the child, and when possible, the family stressors that led up to the need for removal of the child from the home.
www.panhandleassessment.org   (271 words)

  
 Panhandle Plains Historical Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Texas Panhandle usually receives less than twenty inches of rain per year and for decades was referred to as the Great American Desert.
But today, agriculture plays a major role in the economy of the Texas Panhandle, and the area is considered one of the most important agricultural regions in the entire world.
Simply put, Panhandle farmers produce an abundance of grain and hay--readily available feed to fatten beef cattle produced in the region.
www.panhandleplains.org /collection/press_cowplow.php   (581 words)

  
 Tampa Bay Online
The Panhandle is so contentedly out of step with the rest of the state it's even in another time zone.
The essence of the Panhandle Coast is its powdery beaches made of the finest quartz, a geologic phenomenon and a treasured resource for the resort towns strung along the coast.
This year five Panhandle beaches were ranked in the top dozen, with Grayton Beach at No. 1, giving northwest Florida the finest collection of watering holes in the United States.
www.floridainfo.com /travel/stories/panhan.htm   (2399 words)

  
 Weymouth and Panhandle Equations for Gas Pipelines
The Weymouth, Panhandle A, and Panhandle B equations were developed to simulate compressible gas flow in long pipelines.
The Panhandle A was developed in the 1940s and Panhandle B in 1956 (GPSA, 1998).
The Weymouth, Panhandle A, and Panhandle B equations (GPSA, 1998; Crane, 1988) are the equation beginning with Q
www.lmnoeng.com /Flow/weymouth.htm   (649 words)

  
 The importance of regional tourism to the Panhandle.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The importance of regional tourism to the Panhandle.
The Panhandle of Nebraska is one of the most beautiful and scenic parts of Nebraska.
This is the concept of regional tourism—promoting the Panhandle as not simply 11 counties but as a “single tourist community”.
www.prairieweb.com /padd4/_disc1/00000001.htm   (353 words)

  
 Panhandle Trail -- The Montour Trail
The Panhandle Trail is named after the Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the abandoned rail line upon which it is being built.
The portion of the trail in Washington County is being developed by the Washington County Parks and Recreation Dept. A half-mile section of the trail between the McDonald Trestle and Primrose was opened in June, 1999 (see photo).
The five miles of the Panhandle Trail in West Virginia was constructed and managed by the Weirton Parks Board.
www.montourtrail.org /panhandle.html   (367 words)

  
 Texas Panhandle Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Texas Panhandle is a region of the state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state.
The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by the state of New Mexico to the west and the state of Oklahoma to the north and east.
The largest city in the Panhandle is Amarillo, Texas.
www.artoftexas.com /search/encyclopedia/Texas_Panhandle   (339 words)

  
 Panhandle Nation: Information for a Complex World
These horses along 287 north of Amarillo were captured basking in the hunter's moonlight in October.
Discover a spectacular range of wildlife throughout the Texas Panhandle.
See how close the prehistoric evidence is to our normal lives in the Panhandle.
www.panhandlenation.com   (40 words)

  
 MySA.com: Metro | State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
PAMPA — This small agricultural community in the Texas Panhandle is typically a quiet place, with the upcoming harvest or Pampa High's latest football game often the talk of the town's 18,000 or so residents.
But that hasn't been the case the past few weeks — with residents fearful and speculation swirling since a farmer, his pregnant wife and her 14-year-old son were gunned down in their remote, modest one-story frame farmhouse.
Ammonia is an ingredient used to make methamphetamine, and most of the Panhandle 30 counties have a problem with meth manufacturing and trafficking, Hawthorne said.
www.mysanantonio.com /news/metro/stories/MYSA101605.2B.farmhouse_slaying.30473a8.html   (645 words)

  
 Red tide still a problem in Fla. Panhandle - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Stan Kirkland, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said fewer complaints were coming in, but the latest tests show the toxic algae remains a problem in the region, even though it is spotty.
Not every part of the Panhandle is affected the same way, but water in the region still is warm and conducive to the algae bloom, said Jeremy Lake, spokesman for the commission's research laboratory at St. Petersburg.
Red tide, which is toxic to many species of marine life, causes respiratory problems including runny nose, itchy eyes and a sometimes severe cough in humans.
www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/10/12/red_tide_still_a_problem_in_fla_panhandle   (277 words)

  
 Panhandle Region Fishing Report
In the Panhandle Region Antelope Lake, Bull Moose Lake, Day Rock Pond, Elsie Lake, Fernan Lake, Granite Lake, Jewel Lake, Kelso Lake, Lower Glidden Lake, Post Falls Park Pond, Round Lake (State Park), Sinclair Lake, Smith Lake and Steamboat Pond are all Family Fishing Waters.
Two significant patterns typically occur during the fall that will influence your fishing success; trout don't usually become active until later in the day and trout often tend to concentrate in the slower water, often large deep pools.
There are also many small tributary streams throughout the Panhandle Region that support small resident cutthroat trout or brook trout.
fishandgame.idaho.gov /fish/reports/panhandle.cfm   (2281 words)

  
 Car wash equipment: vending, vac, chemical supplies.| Panhandle Powerwash
Panhandle Powerwash offers car wash equipment and car wash supplies for all major brands of equipment as well as vending, generators and pressure washers, vac, and chemical supplies.
Panhandle Powerwash offices and warehouses are stocked with all the car wash equipment you need to successfully run your carwash from chemicals for auto washing to chemicals for industrial use.
Panhandle Powerwash has been in the carwash business since 1966 and distributors since 1989.
www.panhandlepowerwash.com   (204 words)

  
 Panhandle Community Services
Panhandle Community Services was organized as a part of the War on Poverty.
In 1965, the Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency was incorporated in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
In the central and southern panhandle of Nebraska, PCS is a major provider of public health and human services to children and families in the areas of health and nutrition, child development, youth and families, and housing services.
www.pcswn.com   (392 words)

  
 Panhandle.asse.org - Panhandle Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers
Perform HSE audits of Panhandle contractors and interface with all contractors.
Provide support to accomplish the HSE work goals for the Panhandle and L48 Mid –America work goals.
Member of the ASSE Panhandle Chapter since June of 2003 I have been an instructor for Petroleum Education Council (PEC) since 2001.
panhandle.asse.org /contact.html   (618 words)

  
 Panhandle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Panhandle mosquito swarms blamed on Isidore-- PENSACOLA -- Swarms of mosquitoes in the Florida Panhandle are being blamed on Tropical Storm Isidore, which had suspended spraying and left standing water that is ideal for breeding the bloodsucking insects.
Thomas now serves on the tribal council of the Muscogee Nation of Florida, which is continuing a 22-year battle for federal recognition while reviving and preserving the religion, language and culture it had nearly lost.
The Florida Panhandle county led the state with 55.2 million pounds, or almost 1 out of every 2 pounds of toxins legally emitted in the state, according to figures from the Environmental Protection Agency released Thursday.
www.whoseflorida.com /panhandle.htm   (2816 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Up to a foot of snow falls in parts of Texas Panhandle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Snow from a late winter storm blanketed the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday, with as much as a foot of the fluffy stuff covering the western part of the region.
In the extreme western part of the Panhandle, around Texline at the New Mexico border, up to a foot had fallen by midmorning Tuesday, he said.
Schools in most of the Panhandle were out on spring break.
www.usatoday.com /weather/stormcenter/2005-03-15-texas-snow_x.htm   (302 words)

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