Healthy start and workforce tied through childhood programs
David Adkins, former Kansas lawmaker and KU Medical Center official, will visit southwest Kansas this week to stress childhood welfare as a foundation for future community success. He will speak with Finney County 4 Kids Coalition in Garden City, Seward County KIDS COUNT Coalition in Liberal, and Lane County Early Child Development Team in Dighton. He argues for prenatal care, nutrition, access to health care, poverty alleviation, and mentoring as essential to economic growth and workforce development.
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David Adkins
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas
Finney County 4 Kids Coalition
Garden City
Seward County
Kids Count Coalition
Liberal
Lane County Early
Dighton
Olympic torch bearer laments protests over China Games
Lorri Coppola a longtime Olympic torch bearer and racewalker facing Lou Gehrig's disease warns that damage to property or danger to others is as serious as human rights violations. She voices concern about San Francisco activists protesting the Beijing Olympics.
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Lorri Coppola
Lou Gehrig
San Francisco
China
Telegram invites signed letters to editor for publication
The Telegram welcomes letters to the editor that must be signed with the writer’s address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Letters should be 500 words or less. thank you notes should be general. Form letters poems and consumer complaints will not be printed. Contact options include email fax or phone AttnEditor Ext 201 or write to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
First Amendment text and scope declaration
The First Amendment restricts Congress from creating laws that establish religion or prohibit free exercise, abridge free speech or press, or impede the right to assemble and to petition the government for grievances. It protects core civil liberties and limits government interference in expression and worship.
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Congress
Generational dialogue shapes Obama Clinton race concerns
The piece explores how age and generation influence views of Obama and Hillary Clinton, noting a split between older and younger women, comfort with post race ideas, and perceptions of past grievances. It cites Wright’s legacy, post feminism, and echoes Faulkner on the past as ongoing pressure in the campaign era.
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Oston
New England
Barack
Hillary
Obama
Jeremiah Wright
Reverend Wright
Wright
America
Hillary Clinton
Wellesley
White House
Clinton
Rocky
Balboa
Texas A&m
William Faulkner
Climate action needed to curb fossil fuel crisis
Scott Bontz argues for strong government action to cap fossil carbon, tax emissions, and fund energy innovation. He cites Denmark as a model and urges public support to shift social norms and push lawmakers toward unprecedented measures to combat climate change. He notes partisan resistance and calls for a united effort from citizens and officials alike.
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Kansas Capitol
Denmark
Testing limits outrun knowledge in chemical risk myths
A veteran editor recalls that analytical advances detect substances at parts per billion, but health effects at such levels remain uncertain. He warns reporters exaggerate risk, cites EPA pesticide rules, and urges moderation and reasonable precaution over alarmist science coverage.
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Florida
State Environmental Department
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Disney
Redd Foxx
Monsanto
DuPont
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Vaclav Smil
Scott Bontz
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