They say that if that money comes through, they will be able to use a state grant of $300,000 to open the museum for educational programs.
The case challenges the constitutionality of a provision of the Missouri Constitution that prohibits the expenditure of public money "directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect or denomination of religion," in this case the state's refusal to let a church nursery school use a state grant program to upgrade its playground.
Rights advocates fear Egypt's interim, military-backed authorities are using a state of emergency that grants police broad powers of arrest to silence critics.
Further northwest in Overton, a grocery store opened last November with a community effort that raised thousands of dollars in support, while that same month in Arthur, Neb., high school students used a state government grant to start the town's first grocery store in three years.
Ms. Silverman said the center would open within two or three months, using a $9.4 million state grant.
"The library should be a place where technology can be made available to everybody," Ken Weil, the library's director, said of the iPod lending program, which started last month using a $1,300 state grant.
CVWD officials say they plan to use part of a state grant to launch a long-awaited turf rebate program for golf courses.
Big River Fish, meanwhile, is using its state grant to build an 80,000-square-foot plant to open this fall and increase its processing capacity to 2.5 million pounds a month by 2013 from the current 180,000 pounds a month.
We've recommended some paths forward for Mr. Joseph that will help him be prepared for future disasters, and we're hopeful that he will use one of these avenues to complete his home" using state grant funds.
