As cameras roll, Greensburg's residents want to act, not plan Restless to rebuild.

Publication: Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS)

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COPYRIGHT 2007 The Wichita Eagle

Byline: Fred Mann

Sep. 21--GREENSBURG -- Past the sheared trees and across the empty lots where houses used to stand, he could see his new modular home.

He pointed to it with pride. He and his wife and two kids moved in three weeks ago after living in a trailer south of town.

It is green and plain and perfect. For now.

"We're starting to get our life back together slowly," said Steve Dawson, a Greensburg resident who works as an administrator at an assisted-living facility in town.

"Now the work really begins, trying to get it all back."

By "all," he meant the rest of the town.

Greensburg, rallying from the May 4 tornado that leveled most of it, is playing host to events this week that normally help anchor small towns in time -- a homecoming at the high school, a community barbecue, a parade.

But there is so much new going...

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