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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 2001
Page
4
Established 1906 telegram shows Steve Delaney as editor and publisher and Bill Draper as managing editor. The lines list contacts for gctelegram.com and note editorial leadership.
Historian Steven Mintz argues in the Magazine of History that diversity and change have been constant in the American family across three centuries. He cites Census figures and past patterns to upend myths of stable, ideal families and notes high rates of nontraditional arrangements, divorce, and unmapped parental roles.
A memorial column notes Korey Stringer, a 27 year old Vikings tackle, died after collapsing at a sweltering Vikings practice in Mankato. Heat index reached 110 during the session. The piece cites rising heat related football deaths and urges safety over bravado in hot weather. It also previews upcoming high school and college practices and the Southwest Kansas Pro-Am golf event amid heat.
A contact roster lists local and state officials and institutions in Garden City Kansas. Included are County Commissioners at the County Administrative Center, City Commission at the City Administrative Center, Sen Sam Brownback and Rep Jerry Moran with Washington addresses, Governor Bill Graves in Topeka, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Kansas Judicial Center, Garden City USD 457 Educational Support Center, and Garden City Community College with phone numbers and emails where available.
The column recalls key events on August 1 across years, from the 1790 US census to MTV’s 1981 debut, plus notable milestones in San Francisco transit, Berlin 1936 Olympics, Warsaw 1944 uprising, Fulbright law, AEC creation, NORAD alliance, and Texas campus tragedy. It also notes Helsinki summit conclusions in 1975 and Shamir’s peace talks, with Bush in Kiev urging restraint, ending with a Thought for Today by Kenneth Bancroft Clark.
John Dailey reflects on the craft of writing as sculpture, comparing authorship to chiseling a granite block. He recounts interactions with editors, readers, and fellow writers, noting feedback, constraints, and the role of personality in shaping a column for The Telegram. He signs as Telegram contributor and Sandhill Books owner.
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