Irene Hurtles Toward East Coast With Wide Outreach
Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast as warnings extend from North Carolina to New Jersey. Forecasters warn of billions in damage across a densely populated arc including Washington Philadelphia New York and Boston. Evacuation orders and rapid storm movement prompted last minute preparations along the coast.
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Nags Head
N.C
Carolinas
Massachusetts
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Bahamas
South Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
Drum Point
North Carolina
New Jersey
Long Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Mass
Irene
Craig Fugate
Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Veterans Day weekend fireworks set for November 12 in Garden City
Officials announced a public fireworks display will be held Saturday after Veterans Day, moved from the Fourth of July due to a ban and drought. The event near Finney County Fairgrounds is a joint effort by The Garden City Telegram and the city, with the Veterans Day parade sponsored by the American Legion. Online input showed 59 percent favored Veterans Day weekend, with other options including December and a prior Survivor concert.
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Church of the Brethren
Finney County Fairgrounds
Garden City Telegram
City of
Garden City
Dena Sattler
Telegram
Downtown Vision
American Legion
Beverly Schmitz Glass
Utive
Mary Nelson
Nelson
Legion
Mosaic
Survivor
Farmers Seek Crop Insurance Support From Senate Panel
Kansas farmers and rural leaders told a U S Senate Agriculture Committee field hearing in Wichita that federal crop insurance is essential to Kansas agriculture amid a severe drought spreading across the Midwest. They urged preserving the program as budget talks target farm program cuts with a deadline of October 14 for super committee recommendations.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Midwest
David Schemm
Sharon Springs
Schemm
Ag Committee
Debbie Stabenow
Michigan
Super Committee
Crandall Begins Ethiopa Peace Corps Service as Teacher Trainer
Deerfield native Bailey Crandall, 22, left in May for Ethiopia as a Peace Corps volunteer. She will spend 27 total months there, starting as a primary teacher trainer in Wukro near Eritrea. Crandall lived with a host family for 10 weeks to learn language health safety and culture and plans to travel across Africa to improve her skills and language abilities.
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Bailey Crandall
Assela
Ethiopia
Deerfield
Crandall
East Africa
Wukro
Peace Corps
Eritrea
Africa
Deerfield High School
Russia
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Torest Tera
Associat
Home Depot
Richard Howell
Farid Blattar
Virginia Beach
Brad Nading
Rachael Gray Rgray
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
Ewe Ewe
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