Garden City Commission Races Highlight Incumbents and Challengers
Local voters in Garden City face three open seats with incumbents Roy Cessna Melvin Dale and Dan Fankhauser seeking re election. Challenger Jacob Olinger joins the contest amid issues of growth housing and city development including a potential Sales Tax and Revenue Bond to attract a Sporting Kansas City facility. The paper notes citizen engagement and youth involvement as key themes.
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Jacob Olinger
Roy Cessna
Melvin Dale
Dan Fankhauser
Garden City
Sporting Kansas City
Credit Olinger
Editorial invites reader comments on Tuesday local elections
The GCTelegram invites readers to share opinions on the upcoming Tuesday local elections by posting comments at GCTelegram.com. The note encourages civic participation and engagement with the online editorial section.
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GCCC Trustees Attract Awards And Prospective Board Candidates
Garden City Community College has won honors including Outstanding College of the Year from the Rural Community College Alliance. Voters face selecting three trustees, with Leonard Hitz, Steve Martinez, and Terri Worf as notable candidates bringing scrutiny, law enforcement insight, and nursing expertise to the table.
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Rural Community College Alliance
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Gccc Ventures
Hitz
Steve Martinez
Terri Worf
USD 457 Board of Education incumbents favored for stability
In a pivotal USD 457 election with four seats open, incumbents Tim Cruz Mark Rude and Alex Wallace are praised for keeping the mill levy in check while maintaining key education programs amid state funding cuts. Two challengers Dana Nanninga and Jennifer Standley show energy. Standley cited for education background and committee involvement.
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Mark Rude
Alex Wallace
Kansas Statehouse
Dana Nanninga
Jennifer Standley
Standley
Letter submission guidelines from The Telegram
The Telegram welcomes signed letters with writer address and phone, confirms before publication, edits for libel and length, and limits to 500 words. Thank-you letters should be general. form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials are not printed. Writer Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 6784 Online www telegram com.
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Congressional letters on Iran reveal frustration with foreign policy balance
An examination of the 47 senator warning letter and a bipartisan House letter shows Congress seeking greater influence in diplomacy with Iran. The piece argues the executive branch dominates foreign policy, urges sustained consultation, and notes historical reliance on executive orders.
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Leonard Hitz for GCCC Board of Trustees
Letters from supporters praise Leonard Hitz a long time community advocate and retired banker. They cite forty years of college support open talk of operations and fiscal accountability urging votes on April 7 to elect him to the Garden City Community College Board.
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Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
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GCCC
Don and Mary Eyes
Garden City
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Broacbuster Athletic Association
Sandy Hawley
Isis Brantley Hair Braiding Case Stirs Texas Reform
Texas arrest over braiding without a license sparked a years long clash over regulation. Isis Brantley’s shop was raided in 1997, leading to licensing reforms and a 2018 court ruling that the state actions were unconstitutional and abusive.
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Disturbing U turn over faith sparks political clash
A column contrasts a backlash against religious freedom laws in Indiana and Arizona with other faith-driven acts of service. It argues for embracing a faith of sacrifice over exclusion, noting Pence and Allen amid broader debates on church rights, discrimination, and moral direction.
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George Stephanopoulos
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