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face="Times New Roman">MCA Schedules Forum on Survival of Local Bus
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The Moscow Civic Association is sponsoring a
free public forum at the 1912 Building at </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
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Hour="19"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">7pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> on Monday, February 26, about
Moscow/Pullman public transportation issues, including </SPAN>the survival of
the existing Wheatland Express bus service between the communities.<BR><BR>A
six-person panel will discuss the issues and then respond to questions from the
audience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The presentations will
include the results of the recently-completed Moscow/Pullman bus ridership
survey. The panelists include:</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Wheatland Express owner Peg Motley;
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Valley Transit CEO Tom LaPointe;
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">UI Director of NIATT (National Institute for
Advanced Transportation Technology) Michael Kyte, <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">UI Vice-President of Finance and
Administration Lloyd Mues; <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Moscow</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Supervisor Gary Riedner;
and<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Chair of the
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> Transportation Commission
Walter Steed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The Moscow Civic Association is a non-profit citizen's organization that
strives to improve the quality of life for
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> residents. The mission
of the Moscow Civic Association is to inform community members about important
local issues and encourage civic participation. More information is
available on the MCA website, </FONT><A href="http://www.moscowcivic.org"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>www.moscowcivic.org</FONT></SPAN></A><BR
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