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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NEWS
RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:date Year="2006"
Day="15" Month="2" w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>February 15, 2006</span></font></b></st1:date><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>The City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>’s new Fields Planning Committee
will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, February 22, <st1:time Minute="30"
Hour="18" w:st="on">6:30pm</st1:time>, at the Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center
(HIRC). The meeting is open to the public. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>The Committee is charged with
resolving issues concerning a proposed youth ball field complex slated for <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">West Palouse River Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>
and after a consensus are reached to bring an acceptable plan proposal back to
the <st1:PersonName w:st="on">City Council</st1:PersonName> on April 3<sup>rd</sup>
of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>The Fields Planning Committee was originally
established in April 2003, but was reconfigured last December by former Mayor <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Marshall Comstock</st1:PersonName> after area residents voiced
concerns about the plan. On the table for discussion is everything except
location. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>The newly reconfigured Committee is
made up of four residents living in the adjacent neighborhood and four citizens
representing the various youth sports. Various experts and staff are tasked to
provide input as the process moves forward. Longtime local Kay Keskinen, a
certified professional mediator, was hired to moderate and facilitate the Committee
meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>For more information, please contact <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Parks</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and Recreation Director, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dwight Curtis</st1:PersonName>
at 883-7085 or by email at dcurtis@ci.moscow.id.us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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