Obesity policy debate: Kansas governor backs weight loss contest
The Kansas governor Sam Brownback promotes a state employee weight loss challenge as part of a broader obesity initiative amid rising Kansas obesity rates. Officials cite costs to Medicaid and Medicare and note obesity linked health impacts. The piece argues pursuing healthier living should transcend politics and reduce societal costs.
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Sam Brownback
Sunflower
Brownback
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Garden City Recreation Commission
Kansas
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Veterans travel to DC mission unchanged despite new apps
Online remarks chosen from GCTelegram.com react to Kansas Honor Flights for World War II veterans. Quote from Jeanette Claassen of Garden City reflects on Christmas tree tradition and nostalgia for scent while noting annual purchasing considerations.
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Gctelegram.com
Kansas
Jeanette Claassen
Garden City
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Taxpayers should front a bold revolt against spending
The author urges a national tax revolt and lawmakers’ reform, arguing Congress creates debt with endless revenue schemes. They compare to Proposition 13 and call for withholding, spending restraint, and actual growth policies, warning that without action future generations lose economic independence.
Old man laments modern TV music and praises classics
Ronald Fe Dailey of Garden City recalls PBS nostalgia for a Vegas show with Sinatra and Davis Jr and a young Carson. He prefers bands without guitars, finds Lenos concerts repetitive, and urges youth to explore Artie Shaw Ted Lewis Simon and Garfunkel the Eagles the Beatles and Beethoven to hear true music.
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PBS
Vegas
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis Jr
Johnny Carson
Artie Shaw
Ted Lewis
Simon and Garfunkle
Eagles
Ronald FE. Dailey
Garden City
Vietnam Vet Seeks Benefits as Cleanup Costs Rise
A Vietnam veteran and Agent Orange survivor questions U S spending on soil cleanup at Da Nang Airport while Reuters notes 12 million gallons of defoliant were sprayed over ten years. U S funds 41 million dollars to treat 73 000 cubic meters of soil. many veterans fight for benefits and die awaiting decisions. The report mentions a Communist era South Vietnam power project supporting the effort.
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Sa Vietnam
Agent Orange
United States
South Vietnam
de Nang
Vietnam
Reuters
Visit by young boxing club stuns Junction City
Nancy Larocque recounts meeting a group of fine young men from your town as they stopped for lunch at Cracker Barrel in Junction City. The Kansas City bound box ing club impressed with quiet, respectful conduct and polite demeanor during their visit.
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Junction City
Kansas City
Nancy Larocque
Brecksville votes to curb corporate influence in city law
Citizens of Brecksville Ohio organized as Brecksville Citizens for Transparent Politics collected signatures for a local ballot measure asking a U S constitutional amendment to declare corporations are not people and money is not speech The proposal would also create Democracy Day hearings and require letters to state and federal leaders After a series of legal hurdles the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the measure and 52 percent of voters approved it on Election Day
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Congress
Christopher Chantrill
United States
U.S. Senate Budget Committee
Jarvis
California
Howard Jarvis
Brecksville
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
America
Jerry Hruby
Board of Elections
Secretary of State
Ohio Supreme Court
Brecksvillians
GOP women in politics and the war on women
A critical analysis of Republican attitudes toward women in politics discusses feminism, marriage choices, and female leaders like Palin Haley and Martinez. It notes committee gender imbalance, tokenism, and media commentary from Fox News figures, praising and criticizing the party’s stance on women.
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Michele Bachmann
Bachmann
Iowa
Sarah Palin
Palin
House
GOP
Nikki Haley
Susana Martinez
Brian Kilmeade
Fox and Friends
Fox News
Kilmeade
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