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KANSAS CITY NEWS TODAY - Sunday, June 21, 2009 
KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), June 21, 2009 - More than 15,000 students, teachers and judges will be in Kansas City attending the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference, June 22-26. The outdoor Champions Plaza in front of Municipal Auditorium will close two downtown streets during the conference: - 13th Street (between Wyandotte Street and Broadway Boulevard): closed 24 hours a day from Sunday, June 21, through Thursday, June 25. - Central Street (between 12th and 14th streets): also closed 24 hours a day from Sunday, June 21, to Thursday, June 25. In addition, several lanes around Bartle Hall and Barney Allis Plaza will be closed periodically during the conference for shuttle buses and the loading and unloading of supplies. Note that from June 21 to 25, the only entrance to the Municipal Auditorium parking garage will be on Wyandotte Street. Both of the garage's exits onto Wyandotte and Central will remain open. In addition to the street closures for SkillsUSA, the 12th Street Bridge will remain closed due to road construction. For a list of alternate routes into downtown Kansas City, click here. Champions Plaza is an outdoor exhibit space featuring interactive stations, giveaways and contests. The festival-like atmosphere will be held in front of Municipal Auditorium on 13th and Central streets between Wyandotte Street and Broadway Boulevard. Champions Plaza will be open to the public on Tuesday, June 23, through Thursday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. With an estimated economic impact of $15 million, the SkillsUSA conference is Kansas City's largest convention in 2009. The conference features the SkillsUSA Championships, where more than 5,000 gold medal winners from across the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands compete for the national title in their particular field of study. The conference has taken place annually in Kansas City since 1994 and is booked here through the year 2014. Nestle Recalls Cookie Dough Due to Risk of Possible Contamination KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), June 21, 2009 - Nestle USA's Baking Division has initiated a voluntary recall of Nestle(R) TOLL HOUSE(R) refrigerated cookie dough products. Nestle said it is taking this action out of an abundance of caution after being notified that the Food and Drug Administration, together with the Centers for Disease Control, are conducting an investigation into reported E. coli 0157:H7 illnesses that may be related to consumption of raw cookie dough. A number of consumers reporting illness reported consuming raw Nestle TOLL HOUSE refrigerated cookie dough. While the E. coli strain implicated in this investigation has not been detected in our product, the health and safety of our consumers is paramount so we are initiating this voluntary recall. We have been and will continue to cooperate fully with the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control in this investigation. Providing safe, high quality products to our consumers is our number one priority. No other Nestle TOLL HOUSE products are impacted, including already baked TOLL HOUSE cookies purchased outside the home, all varieties of Nestle TOLL HOUSE morsels, chocolate baking bars, or cocoa, and Dreyer's and Edy's ice cream products with Nestle TOLL HOUSE cookie dough ingredients. Consumers who have purchased these products should not consume them. Instead, we are asking that consumers return these products to their local grocer for a full refund. We invite consumers with questions to contact Nestle Consumer Services at 1-800-559-5025 and visit our web site at www.verybestbaking.com. The products involved in the voluntary recall include all varieties of Nestle TOLL HOUSE refrigerated Cookie Bar Dough, Cookie Dough Tub; Cookie Dough Tube; Limited Edition Cookie Dough items; Seasonal Cookie Dough and Ultimates Cookie Bar Dough. Congress Passes Cash For Clunkers Bill KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), June 21, 2009 - Congress passed the Automotive Stimulus bill "Cash For Clunkers" on Thursday, marking the first real legislative stride towards an auto industry recovery. Cash For Clunkers provides up to $4,500 to car owners who trade in their present car for a more fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly alternative. The bill is being called a legislative "trifecta" because its passage stands to ignite a much-needed recovery in the auto industry, save car-owning households money, and improve the environment on a national scale. Cash For Clunkers works by providing a $4,500 voucher for car owners whose present car gets less than 18 miles per gallon in fuel efficiency. Drivers who buy a car with a 10 MPG improvement over their previous car qualify for the entire $4,500 voucher, while those who choose a car with a 4 MPG improvement qualify for a $3,500 voucher. SUV and truck owners also qualify for the program but fall under slightly different qualifications. The official name of the program is C.A.R.S. - "Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program" (www.ConsumerAssistanceToRecycleAndSaveProgram.org) - and is Title XIII of Bill H.R. 2346. The program will receive an initial allocation of $1B funded by the US government as a part of a War appropriations bill. The program time length is 7/1-11/1 and will be implemented by the NHTSA which has 30 days from the approval of the bill to post all program details online.   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