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Tuesday asked for a prioritized list of immediate center needs and recommendations on how to pay for the upgrades.
• "It's not like the civic center is flush with money," board member Jeff Bailie said.
• The 2014 budget for the center, which is supported by tax revenue and event revenue, is about $9 million, the amount of the needs outlined by Maliske.
• Maliske said roof repairs are the top priority, and funding would come from center revenues and insurance.
• "We have a $50,000 deductible, so we know for a fact that we're going to pay for the first $50,000," he said.
• The hail damage might cost as much as $350,000, according to center officials.
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10 Things to Know Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. KERRY, LAVROV DELVING INTO DETAILS OF SYRIA PLAN
• The secretary of state arrives Geneva to work with his Russian counterpart on the proposal to confiscate and destroy the Assad regime's chemical weapons.
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• 2. REPLACING ASSAD NO SIMPLE TASK
• The lack of attractive alternatives to the dictator is one of the key dilemmas for the West as it tries to deal with Syria's civil war.
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• 3. NATION PAUSES IN TRIBUTE TO 9/11 VICTIMS
• On the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks, time stands still at the World Trade Center site, near the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., where Flight 93 mourners laid a wreath.
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• 4. LATEST SIGN OF DEMISE OF SNAIL MAIL
• The British government is selling off the country's 500-year-old Royal Mail this fall.
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• 5. WHAT'S WORRYING POLLSTERS
• People don't trust polls, and many say they are unlikely to want to participate in them, a survey shows.
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