Memorial Day Opening Hopes For Horse Thief Reservoir
Project near Jetmore aims to create a 440 acre lake and 1 100 acre recreation area after decades of study. Voters in Finney Ford Gray and Hodgeman counties faced a 15 percent sales tax to fund the plan amid drought concerns but long term recreation and quality of life benefits supported the effort.
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Horse Thief Reservoir
Jetmore
Pawnee
Buckner Creek
Finney
Ford
Gray
Hodgeman
Horse Thief Reservoir gains pace in southwest Kansas
Supporters say the recreation facility will boost local tourism with boating, fishing, water skiing, camping and trails. Officials plan inspections in early September before Buckner Creek dam gate closure and lake filling begins, with rainfall affecting timing. The project reflects decades of persistence by supporters despite sceptics.
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Division of Water Resources
Buckner Creek
Horse Thief Reservoir
Southwest
Kansas
Telegram urges signed letters to editor policy
The Telegram welcomes signed letters with writer address and phone number. Letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Keep letters under 500 words. thank you notes should be general. Form letters poems and complaints will not be printed. Fax or phone submissions to the listed contacts. Mail to the Garden City Kansas office.
The First Amendment Rights Text
A concise statement of the First Amendment limits on Congress prohibiting establishment of religion free exercise free speech free press and the right to assemble and petition the government for grievances.
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Congress
Unemployment Fear Fuels Health Care Debate and Town Hall Protests
A column reflects three unemployed friends facing anxiety and panic while linking their plight to broader political anger. It notes teabagger and townhall protests on the rise, with figures like Rep. Tim Bishop and Nancy Pelosi cited, and discusses fears about ObamaCare costs and public distrust in government.
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Sandra
Long Island
Tim Bishop
D-N.y
Bishop
Nancy Pelosi
Dcalif
Sens
Dick Durbin
Illinois
Chuck Schumer
New York
Freedom Works
Washington, D.C
Dick Armey
House
Connecticut
Bob MacGuffie
Rush Limbaugh
Congressional Budget Office
Obama
Florida
Women expand place in history on Sotomayor vote
Senator Amy Klobuchar organized two floor briefings by women senators to support Sonia Sotomayor, noting the historic narrow number of women on high offices. She highlighted how OConnor and Ginsburg reshaped the court and argued Sotomayor’s background as a prosecutor informs the court’s perspective.
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Sotomayor
High Court
New
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ginsburg
O’connor
Ronald Reagan
Amy Klobuchar
Minnesota Democrat
Klobuchar
Stanford Law School
Harvard Law School
Law School
Finney County budget tense over developmental disability funding
Finney County commissioners face tough 2010 budget choices with proposed 10 percent cuts to providers serving 228 people with developmental disabilities. Local advocates urge restoring funding to at least 2009 levels, arguing cuts hit vulnerable citizens and undermine community services and transportation. Signed by Donald and Mary Palmer.
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Finney County
Finney County Commission
Debbie A. Reynolds
Mosaic
Garden City
Chris McKinney
Sunflower Special Services Inc
Sandy Fine
Providence Professional Services, LLC
Tami Schwindt
SDSI
Cheryl Sturdevant
Karis Inc
Sandra Wiederstein
Carol
Night Out strengthens Garden City neighborhoods with local support
Night Out in Garden City brought neighbors together to boost crime prevention awareness and police community partnerships. Families in Pheasant Valley thank Sunflower Electric Co for a grill and High Plains Public Radio for table space as they celebrate organized anti crime efforts and local solidarity.
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Garden City Police Department
Garden City Fire House 2
GCPD
Garden City
Troy Davis
Bob Scrivner
Donald
Mary Palmer
Pheasant Valley
Sunflower Electric Co
High Plains Public Radio
Acknowledgment for EMS Personnel and Caregivers
Connie Bonwell thanks Emergency Medical Services for their care of her boyfriend Jimmy Collins. She credits David Katz and Lloyd Dinkel for transporting him to Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita and Roger and Lewis for their Wichita visit. She also thanks the compassionate responders at the house on the day of his passing.
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Emergency Medical Services
David Katz
Lloyd Dinkel
Jimmy Collins
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita
Roger and
Lewis
Jimmy
Connie Bonwell
Garden City
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Sonia Sotomayor
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David Broder
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