United Way drive kicks off strong in Finney County
Finney County United Way starts with twenty three pacesetters fueling more than $86,000 toward a $500,000 goal. United Way funds 17 agencies aiding Garden City area residents including the Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Catholic Social Service, Meals on Wheels and YMCA. The drive credits solid economy and Sunflower Electric expansion hope for the future.
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Finney County
United Way
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
the Salvation Army
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas
United Mexican American Ministries Clinic
Hurricane Katrina floods haunt New Orleans Ninth Ward Heroes
Eyewitness Kioka Williams recalls crawling through a damaged beauty shop ceiling as floodwaters rose in New Orleans Ninth Ward. Amid global poverty debates, Congo native Ephraim Panzu laments Paris housing blazes killing 48, underscoring immigrant vulnerability. Tennis note: Andy Roddick exits U S Open in first round on his 23rd birthday as Gilles Muller advances.
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Kioka Williams
New Orleans
Ninth Ward
Ephraim Panzu
Congo
Paris
Andy Roddick
Luxembourg
Gilles Muller
Telegram requests letters to editor with signatures
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with writer contact details, stating all letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Letters should be under 600 words, with thank you notes kept general. Contact options include email, fax, phone, or postal address for submissions.
First Amendment text referenced in U S Constitution
The excerpt outlines the core protections of religion speech press assembly and petition the government for redress of grievances It states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise or abridging freedom of speech or of the press and the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government.
Preachers stir debate over Robertson Chavez remarks
Cal Thomas questions televangelists power and money in the face of Pat Robertson s call for Chavez assassination. He cites scripture to argue true religion isn t political power, urges local church giving, warns of TV ministry excess and moral risk to Christians and public trust.
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Stewart
Northern Ireland
Pat Robertson
Hugo Chavez
Robertson
Jesus
God
Jesse Jackson
Bush war rationale and protest in a column
Columnist Donald Kaul argues the Iraq War is defended as honoring fallen troops while predicting civil conflict in Iraq. He notes Shiite and Sunni power plays over oil, questions stay-or-leave policy, and ends with a provocative call to buy an SUV to support oil use.
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Bush
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Afghanistan
Switzerland
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Cindy Sheehan
Texas
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Lake Cascade
Donnelly
Idaho
Saddam Hussein
Online farmers to mobile fore isting around-on the farm and elsewhere
A compilation notes rising and leveling Internet use among farms with 55 percent owning or leasing a computer and state differences from New Hampshire at 76 percent to Kansas at 49 percent. It cites Ken Root on agriculture industrialization and the need to scale up.
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National Statistic Services
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Montana
Oregon
Colorado
Washington
Kansas
Missouri
NSS
Ken Root
High Plains Journal
Root
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Cal Thomas
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Des Moines Register
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Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review
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Trust For Public Land
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GEM
US Grains Council
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