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5XP UJNF XJOOFS GPS 4VQFS #PME 7*** Mor In the end, Super Bowl XLV Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers and his Green Bay Packers simply proved too precise for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, winning 31-25. On the subject of precision, a trio of Sun Super Bold VIII celebrity prognosticators – Brobeck’s Barbeque employee Jared Arellano; Johnson County
Community College sports information director Tyler Cundith; and Blue Valley North High School head boys and girls 5ZMFS $VOEJUI golf coach Super Bold champ Susan O’Dell – correctly predicted the Packers would
win the big game by a sixpoint margin. Coincidentally, all three predicted the Packers would win by a 27-21 score. On Monday, Sun graphic designer Kelsey Wilkinson randomly drew the winning name from a hat to unlock the three-way tie. And the winner is ‌ Cundith, our ďŹ rst-ever two-time champion. Cundith also won
Super Bold II back in 2005. “It is fun every year to take a stab at picking the Super Bowl winner,� Cundith said following his latest memorable victory. “I have been lucky to have picked it twice. I look forward to going for my third winning prediction next Super Bowl. Hopefully I will be picking a Chiefs win.� - Mark Dewar
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it would cost more than $300 million to build and operate a publicly owned facility over its lifetime. Because it is highly likely any new site would be considerably farther away from the metropolitan area, transporting costs would go up. And that would drive up the trash service fees that residents pay. If the extension is not granted, the county will need to start looking for a new place to take the county’s waste. The Shawnee Planning Commission held a review and public hearing of the proposal at a meeting Monday and the city’s Finance & Administration Committee listened to a presentation about the proposal on Tuesday, after The Sun’s press deadline. City Manager Carol Gonzales said the City Council will consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation
at its Feb. 28 meeting. A ďŹ nal vote on extending the permit could come at that time. When the current permit came under review in 2002, it stirred public debate and controversy. Opponents voiced concerns about odors and the possibility of water pollution. City, county and Deffenbaugh ofďŹ cials say they do not know what the public reception might be this time. There is one major difference with this application. It does not involve an expansion of the landďŹ ll. The previous permit application carried with it a 30 percent enlargement. Betros said the regulatory oversight is thorough enough to prevent environmental damage. “The landďŹ ll is heavily monitored. Kansas and Johnson County both oversee it. There are a lot of groundwater monitoring wells and surface water monitoring,â€? she said.
While there still could be concerns and opposition, Coffman accented the positives. “We see this as a success story. At the household and commercial levels, a lot of waste has been diverted from the landďŹ ll,â€? Coffman said. In addition to the current efforts, stepped-up county recycling will be going into effect in the months ahead, and that will contribute to extending the landďŹ ll’s life. For Shawnee, continued operation also would extend the economic beneďŹ ts. The landďŹ ll has more than 1,000 employees, and it produces considerable property tax revenues for the city. Deffenbaugh also pays a landďŹ ll impact fee to the city of about $300,000 a year. In conjunction with the extension proposal, the city and Deffenbaugh will renegotiate the impact fee. Jessica Marshall contributed to this article.
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