Daily Archives: July 26, 2011

You don’t say

“I went to Sue Castile’s funeral and listening to her life story provided me more motivation than anything I probably would have heard at the conference anyway.”

– A Facebook post by Butler Community College’s Cindy Miles, who had numerous problems trying to get in to the Get Motivated Business Seminar but found plenty of inspiration at the memorial service for the late executive director of Inter-Faith Ministries

You don’t say

“I miss my airplane. I had a 757 sitting there waiting for me everywhere I went in the world.”

Colin Powell, speaking at the Get Motivated Business Seminar today, on the only thing he misses about being Secretary of State

Press to close at the Waterfront; new business to open in its place

WICHITA — If you’re one of the people who purchased a Groupon from Press, you’d better use it soon.

Aug. 6 is the Waterfront bar’s last day in business.

“As of August sixth . . . something is going to happen there,” owner Melad Stephan says.

He has three offers for the space — two are local, one isn’t. The potential owners have three different ideas: One wants a restaurant, one wants a bistro-style business and one wants a combination bar and restaurant.

Stephan isn’t sure which one he — or his landlords — will accept. He’s hoping to get out of his lease, which still has four and a half years.

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