Immigration symposium contrasts European trends and local memories
The Friday session examined how immigration reshapes labor markets with a global lens, while Saturday featured Mesa Lopez and her son Mario sharing a personal narrative from Howell to Garden City. They highlighted discrimination faced by Mexican immigrants in the mid-20th century and stressed compassionate, rights based migration perspectives.
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Luca
United States
Ing
Europe
European
European Union
Mesa-Lopez
Howell
Dodge City
Mexico
Garden City
Mesa- Lopez
St. Mary
Brown
Windsor hotel restoration tale fuels local preservation effort
Harness leads the Finney County Preservation Alliance in a decades long bid to convert Windsor into a hotel. From 1995 plans and grants to 2007 pledges, the group pursues a $10 million project with $350,000 pre development aims while awaiting investors. Harness, now 54, speaks of ghosts in the walls and a vision to restore by 2010.
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Harness
Windsor
Ninth St
Finney County Preservation Alliance
Alliance
Kansas House Committee On
Western Building Corp
Western State Bank
Garland Furniture
Crook’s Shoe Store
Tom Klein
Klein
Lauren
Lauren Harness
the Windsor
Seniors face Medicare cuts threaten access to care
A medical study warns that low reimbursements and focus on short term issues limit elderly care. The AMA cites looming Medicare physician payment cuts this July, risking fewer new Medicare patients treated. The report calls for increased geriatric training, higher pay for geriatric specialists, and expanded caregiver education.
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Best Care
The
American Medical Association
AMA
United States
Bush presses Congress on Colombia trade pact stance
President Bush chastises lawmakers over the Colombia free trade pact urging Speaker Pelosi to schedule a vote. He warns the deal is dead without a House vote and criticizes delaying tactics that leave the agreement for the next administration. Pelosi counters by blaming Bush for submitting the agreement prematurely.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
Colombia
House
Nancy Pelosi
America
Capitol Hill
Pelosi
D-Calif
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Mario Lopez
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Lopez
Caroli Meyers
Tellery Theate
Clarion Inn and Conference Center
E. Kansas Ave
Buffalo
Bermuda
Bluegrass
Sanburs
John A. Hartford Foundation
Atlantic Philanthropies
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Retirement Research Foundation
California Endowment
Archstone Foundation
AARP
Fan Fox
Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Commonwealth Fund
National Academy of Sciences
Hustler FasTrak
Kawasaki
Honda
Kohler
Hustler
Gccofe Garden City Farm Equipment
W. Jones Ave
Garden City, KS
Akina
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