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🌱 Salina moves to rewrite sign rules after Cozy Inn ruling

Salina, Kansas Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Salina moves to rewrite sign rules after Cozy Inn ruling
  • Explore student career projects at Salina's Building Bridges event Thursday
  • Water main work closes part of Dover Drive

Also on today's calendar: Legacy on the Hill: The Marymount College Story and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 69 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with plenty of sun, temps: high: 57, low: 28.
  • Friday: Sunshine, with a high of 49 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Salina burger joint sign battle ends as city concedes to court ruling (jcpost.com) — Salina will revise its sign rules after federal courts sided with Cozy Inn owner Steve Howard over his restaurant's UFO mural. Commissioners directed staff Monday to prepare amendments consistent with those rulings and return them for consideration, while Mayor Mike Hoppock said further litigation could delay the changes.
   

2. Building Bridges Event Thursday (ksal.com) — Families and community members can explore Salina students' career and technical education projects at a free Building Bridges event Thursday, November 12. The come-and-go gathering runs from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Central High School's cafeteria, 650 E. Crawford St., with student-led showcases, facility tours and food prepared by culinary arts students.
   

3. Water Line Replacement Project Progressing (ksal.com) — Dover Drive is closed to through traffic between South Broadway Boulevard and Vassar Drive as Salina replaces an aging water main. City Manager Jacob Wood says work could finish by January, weather permitting. Addressing residents' water-quality concerns, he said the city's drinking water meets state and federal standards.
   

4. 'Shipmates on Eternal Patrol' Monument to be Dedicated (ksal.com) — A new monument honoring Navy submariners will be dedicated during Salina's Veterans Day ceremony at Sunset Park today, November 11, at 11 a.m. Installed by the USS Dorado Base of United States Submarine Veterans, the black granite memorial honors all submariners, with special recognition of those lost during World War II.
   

5. KDA and MDA Host Canadian Cattle Producers (morningagclips.com) — Sun Valley Embryo Transfer in Salina was among the stops for seven Canadian Charolais breeders exploring U.S. cattle genetics. The October 19–24 trade mission spanned Kansas and Missouri, with participants evaluating breeding programs and beginning follow-up discussions about potential purchases of live cattle and semen.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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