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KANSAS HEADLINE NEWS

The Coleman Co. Inc., the Wichita-based manufacturer of outdoor recreation gear will locate a 1.1 million-square-foot distribution center in the Midwest Commerce Center in Gardner, Kansas. The company will be one of the first to benefit from the new BNSF Railway Co. intermodal facility currently in development. The new facility is set to begin operations by the third quarter of 2009. The project will create over 100 jobs and $43 million in capital investment for Kansas.