This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 2011
Page
4
Our view notes Mayor John Doll, thrust into the spotlight, outlined goals to spur economic development. He pledged to maintain and expand tax and business strategies, and to attract sports tournaments and events to Garden City and the county.
Garden City and Finney County face funding gaps that hinder luring and expanding businesses. The editorial urges stronger funding, private or public, to create high paying jobs and diversify energy opportunities in wind solar and geothermal. It highlights past sales tax defeats and calls for bold planning under the new mayor to grow the local economy and keep graduates home.
Online comments respond to a Garden City USD 457 story about layoffs caused by state and federal funding losses. Finney County Commissioner Roman Halbur is quoted. The piece notes the show alternates between Garden City and Great Bend and is scheduled this year in Garden City.
The Telegram invites signed letters under 500 words with writer address and phone for editor confirmation. Letters may be edited for libel and length. General thank you notes are preferred and form letters, poems, consumer emails, or business testimonials will not be printed. Send to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 or www gctelegram com.
Derrick Williams, freed after a DNA test showed no link to the 1992 assault, faces a Florida law barring compensation due to prior felonies. The piece argues the system punishes ex-offenders by denying restitution and hindering reentry, urging humane rehabilitation over perpetual punishment.
A Garden City Telegram feature honors World War II veterans and the Garden City Honor Flight program. It notes 16 million served, current forces, and the Memorials visited in Washington. The article highlights the Central Prairie Honor Flight, donor funding, and the need to document veterans memories while urging support for future flights.
Carol Schultz Vento argues that World War II was not an unblemished good war. She notes trauma and alcoholism in her family, unrecognized PTSD, and the long postwar struggle of veterans and their children. The piece calls for fuller acknowledgment of veterans’ hidden wounds.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.