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USPA REPRESENTED AT PLK MEETING

USPA Executive Director Jan Hoynacki and Past President Paul Hough participated in a meeting in Hollister, MO, on March 15 regarding the role Hollister may play in preventing the closure of M. Graham Clark Airport (PLK) near Branson, MO. According to Dr. Howell Keeter, who sits on both the board of the College of the Ozarks (which owns and operates the private airport) and the Hollister City Council, the college will soon set a date by which the airport will be closed.

In an effort to prevent the closing, Hollister officials said they recognize the value of the airport, and they want to work with the City of Branson and Taney County toward the development of an airport authority or coalition that can afford to keep it operating. “There’s nobody with the city who does not appreciate the value of M. Graham Clark Airport,” Hollister City Administrator Rick Ziegenfuss said. Taney County Presiding Commissioner Chuck Pennel said, “We want to see it stay. We have the heart, but how big, I don’t know.”

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